Leighton Library has 1696 first edition of the tract "Decreti oxoniensis vindicatio" by Robert South

Added by Leighton Library at 06:39 on 08 July 2025

The Leighton Library has a 1696 first edition of the tract "Decreti oxoniensis vindicatio" by English preacher and theologian Robert South who died #OnThisDay 8 July 1716. This tract was in answer to William Sherlock's "Modest examination of the authority and reasons of the late decree". Robert Sout...

Leighton Library has 1648 edition of "A survey of the summe of church-discipline" by Thomas Hooker

Added by Leighton Library at 07:10 on 07 July 2025

The Leighton Library has a 1648 edition of "A survey of the summe of church-discipline. Wherein the way of the churches of New-England is warranted out of the word" by founder of Connecticut, and Puritan leader, Thomas Hooker who died #OnThisDay 7 July 1647. This book, in the context of Congregation...

Leighton Library has 1629 edition of "Utopia" by Sir Thomas More

Added by Leighton Library at 07:56 on 06 July 2025

The Leighton Library has a 1629 edition of "Utopia" (about the political system of an imaginary island state) by noted Renaissance humanist and statesman (who was England's Lord High Chancellor) Sir Thomas More who was executed for treason against King Henry VIII of England #OnThisDay 6 July 1535. O...