02761nam 22005292 450 991074339980332120240410182958.090-04-51737-510.1163/9789004517370(CKB)5580000000468743(OCoLC)1354309721(nllekb)BRILL9789004517370(MiAaPQ)EBC31217513(Au-PeEL)EBL31217513(EXLCZ)99558000000046874320221230d2023 uy 0engurun####uuuuatxtrdacontentcrdamediardacarrierJesuit Libraries /Kathleen M. Comerford1st ed.Leiden ;Boston :Brill,2023.©20231 online resourceBrill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social SciencesEarly Modern History and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 202390-04-46280-5 Preliminary material /Kathleen M. Comerford -- Copyright page /Kathleen M. Comerford -- Jesuit Libraries /Kathleen M. Comerford.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.Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences.Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2023.BooksHistory19th centuryLibrariesHistory19th centuryChurch HistoryBooksHistoryLibrariesHistoryChurch History.289.1/794Comerford Kathleen M.549042NL-LeKBNL-LeKBBOOK9910743399803321Jesuit Libraries3559830UNINA