What Did Early Modern Priests Read? The Library of the Seminary of Fiesole, 1646-1721

The seventeenth- and eighteenth-century library of the diocesan seminary of Fiesole contained books (mainly classics, scripture, and works of rhetoric, casuistry, and pastoral theology) which point to practical, not intellectual, training. Many of those books were also held by universities. Although the curriculum was not "academic," the seminary library was in accord with the education of the period