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Dangerous Books : Censorship and Italian Culture in the Early Modern Age / Giorgio Caravale.
Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2026 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Caravale, Giorgio, author.
- Series:
- Library of the Written Word ; 145.
- Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books online, Collection 2026.
- Library of the Written Word ; 145
- Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books online, Collection 2026
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Book History and Cartography.
- History of the Book.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (457 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Censorship and Italian Culture in the Early Modern Age
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2026.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In the centuries between the invention of printing and the birth of copyright, even the most enlightened men and women believed in the need to monitor the circulation of books and repress ideas considered harmful to society. What distinguished the Roman censorship system from the control mechanisms in force in other parts of Europe? And, above all, how did ecclesiastical censorship influence the development of Italian culture during the modern age? This book reconstructs the tools Rome used to prevent the spread of books considered dangerous and, at the same time, the stratagems authors, printers, and readers used to circumvent these controls. Censorship meant elimination, suppression, and deletion, but also replacement, restitution, and rewriting. The success of the religious and cultural policy of the Counter-Reformation also depended on the ability to provide the faithful with a series of texts to replace books that were no longer available. The book disappeared and then reappeared in different forms, distant but not entirely new compared to their original appearance.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Caravale, Giorgio Dangerous Books
- ISBN:
- 9789004756120
- OCLC:
- 1603131540
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004756120 DOI
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