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Astronomical Chronology, the Jesuit China Mission, and Enlightenment History

open access: yesJournal of the History of Ideas, 2023
This article examines the use of astronomical chronology in Jesuit and secular works of history between the mid-seventeenth and mid-eighteenth centuries. It suggests that the highly visible adoption of astronomical records in historical scholarship in Enlightenment Europe by Nicolas Fréret and Voltaire was entangled with debates about Chinese ...
Gianamar Giovannetti-Singh
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Jesuit Education and History at The Archive of the Jesuits in Canada

open access: yesJesuit Higher Education: A Journal
This short article offers information on the scope of archival resources held at The Archive of the Jesuits in Canada (AJC), located in Montreal, Canada. It describes the characteristic of the archival collection, with a focus on historical records that testify to the Jesuits of Canada’s involvement in educational activities and institutions.
Francois Dansereau
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The History of Jesuit Libraries in Croatia

open access: yesJournal of Jesuit Studies, 2015
The purpose of this study is to provide a historical overview of the Jesuit libraries in Croatia from their foundation to the present. The first known libraries were at Jesuit high schools, called “colleges,” established during the seventeenth century.
Marica Šapro-Ficović, Željko Vegh
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Sources on the History of Jesuit Higher Education: A Bibliographic Essay

open access: yesJesuit Higher Education: A Journal, 2023
This essay provides an annotated bibliography, highlighting books and articles about the history of Jesuit higher education in the United States. It lists sources that should be helpful to anyone researching the topic, and can be used as a starting point
Michael Rizzi
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Oriental plots in the history of the Saints Peter & Paul Garrison church (Jesuit church) in Lviv.

open access: yesText and Image Essential Problems in Art History, 2023
The opening of the former Jesuit Cathedral of the Saint Apostles Peter and Paul in Lviv in December 2011, which got the status of the Garrison Church, actualized the issue of this research and the understanding of its historical and cultural heritage ...
Oleh Druzdiev
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Rediscovering a Jesuit Legacy of Natural History: Pierre-Martial Cibot and Sino-European Exchange of Fungus Knowledge in the Late 18th and 19th Centuries

open access: yesJournal of Modern European History, 2022
The French Jesuit missionary Pierre-Martial Cibot stood conspicuous in Sino-European exchange of natural knowledge. However, his exploratory research on Chinese fungi, which is significant to the body of mycological knowledge, remains largely undiscussed
D. Lu
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Sources for the history of Saints Peter and Paul Garrison Church (the former Jesuit Church) discovered in the funds of Vasyl Stefanyk National Scientific Library of Ukraine in Lviv

open access: yesNaUKMA Research Papers History, 2021
The article analyzes the sources on the history of Saints Peter and Paul Garrison Church (the former Jesuit Church) discovered in the funds of Vasyl Stefanyk National Scientific Library of Ukraine in Lviv.
Oleg Druzdiev
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A Jesuit Culture of Records?: The Society of Jesus, the Life Cycle of Administrative Documents, and the Late Medieval and Early Modern History of Bureaucratic Information

open access: yesEngaging Sources: The Tradition and Future of Collecting History in the Society of Jesus, 2021
signaled by the order’s founding, historians should also appreciate the more traditional features of the Society of Jesus. The Jesuits were clearly children of their time, and the Jesuit way of proceeding built on and continued social and religious ...
M. Friedrich
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Renate Wagner-Rieger and Baroque Research in Croatia

open access: yesPeristil, 2022
The research of Renate Wagner-Rieger has influenced the whole Central European area, as well the development of art history in Croatia, especially architectural research.
Dubravka Botica
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History of History of Physics [PDF]

open access: yesActa Baltica Historiae et Philosophiae Scientiarum, 2016
The twelve decades of modern academic history of physics have provided enough material for the study of the history of history of physics, the focus of which is the development of the opinions and methods of historians of physics.
Stanislav Južnič
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