How the secularization of religious houses transformed the libraries of Europe, 16th-19th centuries / edited by Cristina Dondi, Dorit Raines, and Richard Sharpe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dondi, Cristina, editor.

Raines, Dorit, editor.

Sharpe, Richard, 1954-2020, editor.

Series:

Bibliologia (Turnhout, Belgium) ; v. 63.

Bibliologia : elementa ad librorum studia pertinentia, 1375-9566 ; volume 63

Language:

English

French

German

Italian

Subjects (All):

Monastic libraries--Europe--History--Congresses.

Monastic libraries.

Secularization--Europe--History--Congresses.

Secularization.

Libraries--Europe--History--Congresses.

Libraries.

Books and reading--Europe--History--Congresses.

Books and reading.

Religious libraries--Europe--History--Congresses.

Religious libraries.

Books.

Religious communities.

Europe.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings

History

Physical Description:

719 páginas : ilustraciones, mapas ; 29 cm.

Place of Publication:

Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, [2022]

Language Note:

24 contributions in English, 3 in French, 2 in Italian, and 1 in German.

Summary:

"The closure of religious houses, in varying circumstances, affected all of Europe at some point between the sixteenth and nineteenth century. At different times and in different countries the consequences were widely varied, in some cases preserving medieval and early modern collections intact, in others abandoning books to their fate, or transferring them piecemeal into new ownership to serve different cultural purposes. Integral preservation or dispersal may each be viewed in positive or negative terms. For religious and political history there are many, and bigger, factors involved, and the effects of secularization worked on many things beside libraries and books. None the less, by focusing on books and libraries through these changes a particular narrative emerges of great cultural importance. It is the most important book-historical story for the survival and accessibility of Europe's heritage of the written word, one that interacts with major historical themes and still connects with future issues for the continuing role of books and libraries in the European heritage. A conference held in Oxford in 2012 brought together thirty experts in different aspects of this process or with knowledge of its impact in different countries and at different periods. The result was to bring together and share for the first time the similar and different experiences of different European countries, from Portugal and Spain in the west to Poland and Ukraine in the east, from Finland and Sweden in the north to Naples in the south, with ramifications stretching to North and South America."-- Provided by publisher.

The closure of religious houses, in varying circumstances, affected all of Europe at some point between the sixteenth and nineteenth century. At different times and in different countries the consequences were widely varied, in some cases preserving medieval and early modern collections intact, in others abandoning books to their fate, or transferring them piecemeal into new ownership to serve different cultural purposes. Integral preservation or dispersal may each be viewed in positive or negative terms. For religious and political history there are many, and bigger, factors involved, and the effects of secularization worked on many things beside libraries and books. None the less, by focusing on books and libraries through these changes a particular narrative emerges of great cultural importance. It is the most important book-historical story for the survival and accessibility of Europe's heritage of the written word, one that interacts with major historical themes and still connects with future issues for the continuing role of books and libraries in the European heritage. A conference held in Oxford in 2012 brought together thirty experts in different aspects of this process or with knowledge of its impact in different countries and at different periods. The result was to bring together and share for the first time the similar and different experiences of different European countries, from Portugal and Spain in the west to Poland and Ukraine in the east, from Finland and Sweden in the north to Naples in the south, with ramifications stretching to North and South America.-- Provided by vendor.

Contents:

Part 1. The territorial and temporal map of the dissolved collections

Part 2. State policy toward book collections

Part 3. Sequestration, redistribution, or contribution to the foundation of public libraries

Part 4. Impact on book trade and the emergence of private collections

Part 5. Migration of books, access to new publics

Part 6. Destruction of books, spoils of war, and clandestine exportation

Part 7. Tools for research.

Notes:

Proceedings of a conference held in Oxford in 2012.

On title page, Richard Sharpe's name is preceded by the cross symbol (i.e. deceased).

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9782503593920

2503593925

OCLC:

1303217654