Heythrop College Library

Heythrop College,
Kensington Square,
London, W8 5HN



Some 7,500 secondary titles in ecclesiastical history, with especial emphasis on the history of the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Christian Churches. Primary sources are held in greater numbers (fathers of the Church, official documents of various kinds) but are difficult to quantify.

The history of early Christianity (up to c. 700), the history of the Papacy, and the history of Christianity, especially Roman Catholicism, in Britain. There are also strong collections in the history of Church Law and Liturgy.

16th-17th Century
18th-19th Century
20th Century
21st Century
Art and Architecture
Ecclesiastical and Religious history
Historiography (inc Philosophy of history)
Intellectual history
Legal history
Political history
Science and Technology
Social history
Britain and Ireland
Specialist categories: 
Ecclesiastical and Religious history