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

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...

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