Leighton Library has 1671 edition of "The creed of Mr. Hobbes examined; in a feigned conference between him and a student in divinity" by Thomas Tenison

Added by Leighton Library at 06:22 on 29 September 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1671 edition of "The creed of Mr. Hobbes examined; in a feigned conference between him and a student in divinity" by English church leader, Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Tenison who was born #OnThisDay 29 September 1636. This argues against the views of Thomas Hobbes (on...

Leighton Library has 1641 edition of 96 sermons of Lancelot Andrewes

Added by Leighton Library at 06:42 on 25 September 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1641 edition of 96 sermons of English bishop and scholar Lancelot Andrewes who died #OnThisDay 25 September 1626. He had held high positions in the Church of England during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I, including serving as Bishop of Chichester, of Ely, and of Win...

Leighton Library has a 1667 edition of "Index Librorum Prohibitorum"

Added by Leighton Library at 07:26 on 24 September 2024

📚⛔️ It's #BannedBooksWeek #BannedBooksWeek2024 this week. Banning of books is something which has happened throughout history! The Leighton Library has a 1667 edition of "Index Librorum Prohibitorum" ("index of prohibited books") which, only as recently as 1966 did the Vatican announce its abolitio...

Leighton Library has a 1698 First Edition of "A defence of dramatick poetry : being a review of Mr. Collier's View of the immorality and profaneness of the stage" by Edward Filmer, Thomas Rymer and Elkanah Settle

Added by Leighton Library at 08:20 on 23 September 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1698 First Edition of "A defence of dramatick poetry : being a review of Mr. Collier's View of the immorality and profaneness of the stage" by Edward Filmer, Thomas Rymer and Elkanah Settle, about the views of English theatre critic, non-juror bishop and theologian Jeremy ...

Leighton Library has 1656 edition of "Magica de spectris et apparitionibus spiritũ, de vaticiniis, divinationibus" edited by Henning Grosse

Added by Leighton Library at 07:52 on 22 September 2024

#OnThisDay 22 September 1682 the last hanging for those convicted of witchcraft in Britain's North American colonies took place, in the Salem witch trials, with others all eventually released. The Leighton Library has books on witchcraft, including a 1656 edition of "Magica de spectris et apparition...