Ideology and inquisition : the world of the censors in early Mexico / Martin Austin Nesvig.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nesvig, Martin Austin, 1968-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inquisition--Mexico.

Inquisition.

Censorship--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Censorship.

Censorship--Mexico.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (380 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is the first comprehensive treatment in English of the ideology and practice of the Inquisitional censors, focusing on the case of Mexico from the 1520's to the 1630's. Others have examined the effects of censorship, but Martin Nesvig employs a nontraditional approach that focuses on the inner logic of censorship in order to examine the collective mentality, ideological formation, and practical application of ideology of the censors themselves. Nesvig shows that censorship was not only about the regulation of books but about censorship in the broader sense as a means to regulate Catholic dogma and the content of religious thought. In Mexico, decisions regarding censorship involved considerable debate and disagreement among censors, thereby challenging the idea of the Inquisition as a monolithic institution. Once adapted to cultural circumstances in Mexico, the Inquisition and the Index produced not a weapon of intellectual terror but a flexible apparatus of control.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Note on Orthography and Names

Introduction

1. Longue Durée Concerns

2. Medieval and Early Modern Precedents

3. Theories of Adjudication

4. The Salamanca Connection

5. The Early Inquisitions, 1525-71

6. The Holy Office Established, 1571-90

7. The Ebb of the Holy Office, 1591-1640

8. Lucre and Connections

9. Cordon Sanitaire: Efforts and Failures of Book Censorship

Conclusion

Appendix 1: Inquisitional Trials

Appendix 2: Censors

Appendix 3: Inquisitors

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612351679

9781282351677

1282351672

9780300156034

0300156030

OCLC:

646846919