The Index of Prohibited Books: Four Centuries of Struggle Over Word and Image for the Greater Glory of God Vose Robin
The Index of Prohibited Books: Four Centuries of Struggle Over Word and Image for the Greater Glory of God Vose Robin The first comprehensive history of the Catholic Church's notorious Index, with…
Specifikacia The Index of Prohibited Books: Four Centuries of Struggle Over Word and Image for the Greater Glory of God Vose Robin
The Index of Prohibited Books: Four Centuries of Struggle Over Word and Image for the Greater Glory of God Vose Robin
The first comprehensive history of the Catholic Church's notorious Index, with resonance for ongoing debates over banned books, censorship, and free speech.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. This book constitutes the first full study of the Index of Prohibited Books to be published in 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.