The Index of Prohibited Books - Robin Vose

The Index of Prohibited Books

Four Centuries of Struggle over Word and Image for the Greater Glory of God

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Buch | Hardcover
352 Seiten
2022
Reaktion Books (Verlag)
978-1-78914-657-8 (ISBN)
31,15 inkl. MwSt
The first full study of the Catholic Church’s notorious Index of Prohibited Books.
For more than four hundred years, the Catholic Church’s Index Librorum Prohibitorum struck terror into the hearts of authors, publishers and booksellers around the world, while arousing ridicule and contempt from many others, especially those in Protestant and non-Christian circles. Biased, inconsistent and frequently absurd in its attempt to ban objectionable texts of every conceivable description – with sometimes fatal consequences – the Index also reflected the deep learning and careful consideration of many hundreds of intellectual contributors over the long span of its storied evolution.
This book constitutes the first full study of the Index of Prohibited Books to be published in English. It examines the reasons behind the Church’s attempts to censor religious, scientific and artistic works, and considers not only why this most sustained of campaigns failed, but what lessons can be learned for today’s debates over freedom of expression and cancel culture.

Robin Vose is Professor of History at St Thomas University, Canada. He is the author of Dominicans, Muslims and Jews in the Medieval Crown of Aragon and has served as a National Geographic expert on expeditions to Spain and Morocco.

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Zusatzinfo 35 illustrations
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Religionsgeschichte
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 1-78914-657-7 / 1789146577
ISBN-13 978-1-78914-657-8 / 9781789146578
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