Church, Censorship and Culture in Early Modern Italy |
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| Editor:
| Fragnito, Gigliola |
| Translator:
| Belton, Adrian |
| Contribution by:
| Mozzarelli, Cesare
Oresko, Robert
Symcox, Geoffrey |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Italian History and Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-66172-0 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2001 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $164.95 |
Book Description:
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This book deals with one of the most controversial subjects in Italian historiography, namely the success or failure of the Church's policy during the counter-Reformation to exert rigorous control not just over theology but over all branches of knowledge. By drawing extensively upon newly-opened sources in the archive of the former Congregation of the Holy Office, generally known as the 'Inquisition', it affords a more articulated and objective assessment of the effects of...
More DescriptionThis book deals with one of the most controversial subjects in Italian historiography, namely the success or failure of the Church's policy during the counter-Reformation to exert rigorous control not just over theology but over all branches of knowledge. By drawing extensively upon newly-opened sources in the archive of the former Congregation of the Holy Office, generally known as the 'Inquisition', it affords a more articulated and objective assessment of the effects of ecclesiastical censorship on religion and culture in early modern Italy.