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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• VerfasserIn: Grendler, Paul F.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1977
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 1450
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (400 p.)

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.

Table of 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