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Kathleen M. Comerford

Jesuit Libraries

Kathleen M. Comerford

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Brill
17 November 2022
Library & information sciences; Early modern history: c 1450 to c 1700; Church history; Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church; Christian mission & evangelism
Series: Brill Research Perspectives in Jesuit Studies
The Society of Jesus began a tradition of collecting books and curating those collections at its foundation.

These libraries were important to both their European sites and their missions; they helped build a global culture as part of early modern European evangelization.

When the Society was suppressed, the Jesuits’ possessions were seized and redistributed, by transfer to other religious orders, confiscation by governments, or sale to individuals.

These possessions were rarely returned, and when, in 1814, the Society was restored, the Jesuits had to begin to build new libraries from scratch.

Their practices of librarianship, though not their original libraries, left an intellectual legacy which still informs library science today.

While there are few European Jesuit universities left, institutions of higher learning administered by the Society of Jesus remain important to the intellectual development of students and communities around the world, supported by large, rich library collections.
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Imprint:   Brill
Dimensions:   Height: 235mm,  Width: 155mm,  Spine: 5mm
Weight:   167g
ISBN:   9789004462809
ISBN 10:   9004462805
Series:   Brill Research Perspectives in Jesuit Studies
Pages:   92
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Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Kathleen M. Comerford, Ph.D. (1995) is Professor of History at Georgia Southern University. Her many publications include Jesuit Foundations and Medici Power (Brill, 2006). She is the founder and director of the European Jesuit Libraries Provenance Project (www.jesuit-libraries.com).

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