The Roman Inquisition and the Venetian press, 1540-1605 / Paul F. Grendler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grendler, Paul F., author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inquisition--Italy--Venice.

Inquisition.

Press--Italy--Venice.

Press.

Counter-Reformation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (399 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1977.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

One of the great European publishing centers, Venice produced half or more of all books printed in Italy during the sixteenth-century. Drawing on the records of the Venetian Inquisition, which survive almost complete, Paul F. Grendler considers the effectiveness of censorship imposed on the Venetian press by the Index of Prohibited Books and enforced by the Inquisition. Using Venetian governmental records, papal documents in the Vatican Archive and Library, and the books themselves, Professor Grendler traces the controversies as the patriciate debated whether to enforce the Index or to support the disobedient members of the book trade. He investigates the practical consequences of the Index to printer and reader, noble and prelate. Heretics, clergymen, smugglers, nobles, and printers recognized the importance of the press and pursued their own goals for it. The Venetian leaders carefully weighed the conflicting interests, altering their stance to accommodate constantly shifting religious, political, and economic situations. The author shows how disputes over censorship and other press matters contributed to the tension between the papacy and the Republic. He draws on Venetian governmental records, papal documents in the Vatican Library, and the books themselves.Originally published in 1977.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations and Tables

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

I. The Venetian Bookmen

II. The Inquisition

III. The Growth Of Censorship

IV. The Counter Reformation Implemented

V. The Counter Reformation Enforced

VI. The Clandestine Book Trade

VII. Venice and Rome Part Company

VIII. The Republic Protects The Press

IX. The Waning of the Index

X. The Impact of Index and Inquisition on Italian Intellectual Life

Appendix I. Documents

Appendix II. Inventories of Prohibited Titles C. 1555-1604

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780691610405

0691610401

9781400869237

1400869234

OCLC:

905863501