Leighton Library has a 1619 edition of "Exercitia spiritualia" by Ignatius of Loyola

Added by Leighton Library at 07:10 on 31 July 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1619 edition of "Exercitia spiritualia" by the Spanish theologian who co-founded the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) Ignatius of Loyola who died #OnThisDay 31 July 1556. This book comprises spiritual exercises - meditations, prayers and mental exercises in four themes designed ...

Leighton Library has a 1615 edition of "Vitae romanorum pontificum" by Robert Barnes

Added by Leighton Library at 06:52 on 30 July 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1615 edition of "Vitae romanorum pontificum" the last work of English reformer & martyr Robert Barnes who was executed #OnThisDay 30 July 1540. This is a compilation of, and commentary on, various acts from the reigns of past Popes

Leighton Library has 1833 "A practical view of the prevailing religious system of professed Christians, in the higher and middle classes in this country, contrasted with real Christianity" by William Wilberforce & Daniel Wilson

Added by Leighton Library at 05:55 on 29 July 2024

The Leighton Library has a 5th edition of 1833 of "A practical view of the prevailing religious system of professed Christians, in the higher and middle classes in this country, contrasted with real Christianity" by British politician, philanthropist, and a leader of the movement to abolish the slav...

Leighton Library has a 1656 first edition of Poems by Abraham Cowley

Added by Leighton Library at 06:23 on 28 July 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1656 first edition of poems by one of the leading English poets of the 17th century, Abraham Cowley, who died #OnThisDay 28 July 1667. When he was just 10 he composed an epic romance written in a six-line stanza, a style of his own invention. The Leighton Library has "Poem...

Leighton Library has 1768 edition of "Oeuvres de Maupertuis" by Pierre Louis Maupertuis

Added by Leighton Library at 06:18 on 27 July 2024

Leighton Library has a 1768 edition of "Oeuvres de Maupertuis" by French mathematician and philosopher Pierre Louis Maupertuis who died #OnThisDay 27 July 1759. He made an expedition to Lapland to determine the shape of the Earth. He is often credited with having invented the principle of least acti...