Leighton Library has a 1608 edition of "Locorum communium" by Conrad Vorstius

Added by Leighton Library at 08:07 on 19 July 2024

The issue of free speech in universities is often in the news. The Leighton Library has a 1608 edition of "Locorum communium" by German-Dutch theologian Conrad Vorstius who was born #OnThisDay 19 July 1569. He became controversial, and King James VI of Scotland and I of England, through his Dutch am...

Leighton Library has a 1593 edition of "Explicationum catecheticarum" by Zacharias Ursinus

Added by Leighton Library at 07:39 on 18 July 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1593 edition of "Explicationum catecheticarum" by German Reformed theologian Zacharias Ursinus who was born #OnThisDay 18 July 1534. Reformed German and Dutch immigrants to North America celebrated his legacy — especially his role in the creation of the Heidelberg Catechis...

Leighton Library has a 1710 edition of "An exposition of the Creed" by John Pearson

Added by Leighton Library at 07:02 on 16 July 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1710 edition of "An exposition of the Creed" by theologian and scholar John Pearson (Lord Bishop of Chester) who died #OnThisDay 16 July 1686. He was Master of Jesus College, Cambridge then Master of Trinity College, Cambridge and a fellow of the Royal Society

Leighton Library has a 1666 edition of "Memoires de Messire Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantome" by Pierre de Bourdeille

Added by Leighton Library at 04:48 on 15 July 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1666 edition of "Memoires de Messire Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantome. Contenans les vies des hommes illustres & grands capitaines francois de son temps" by French historian, soldier, and biographer Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme, who died #OnThisDay ...

Leighton Library has a 1558 edition of "Breuis et perspicua ratio iudicandi genituras" to which John Dee contributed

Added by Leighton Library at 06:09 on 13 July 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1558 edition of "Breuis et perspicua ratio iudicandi genituras, ex physicis causis & vera experientia extructa: Cypriano Leouitio a Leonicia autore" to which mathematician, astronomer, astrologer & occultist John Dee, who was born #OnThisDay 13 July 1527, contributed. He d...