Historiography. Article examines the Jesuit Relations, and compares them to reports from early Iberian Jesuit missionaries to Japan, to test historians' hypotheses on the influences which shaped the missionaries' reports.

Historical information and documents from early work of the Jesuit order in China.

Complete English translation. Each file represents the total English contents of a single published volume.

History of the order's scientific work, including brief biographies and photographs of artifacts and documents.

Guide to archives regarding the Society of Jesus - some 12,000 volumes, many written by Jesuits or touching on aspects of Jesuit order.

First hand account of the history of the Czech Jesuit order under the Communist oppression as published in the book "On the Way to Jesus!" by former SJ Provincial Jan Pavlik.

In the Middle Kingdom, history is all mixed up because of so many periodic revisions, yet a serene Jesuit cemetery in the center of the city proves that Beijing cannot bury its past

Authentic document from England's persecution of the Jesuit order.

Although the Russian government blocked his attempt to pass through Siberia, Père Philippe Avril's five-year quest for a land passage from Europe to Beijing contributed to European knowledge of Asian geography.