The censorship of the Church of Rome and its influence upon the production and distribution of literature, volume 1 (of 2)Putnam, George Haven
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The censorship of the Church of Rome and its influence upon the production and distribution of literature, volume 1 (of 2)
Putnam, George Haven
Freedom of the press; Liberty of conscience; Prohibited books
With reference to these condensed entries, the Index of 1790 is often
referred to as an Index manual. To the twelfth rule (in the series
of sixteen) is added the instruction that the possessor of a book
ordered to be expurgated is at liberty himself to make the necessary
corrections in the text, provided, however, that his corrected text
shall, within two months’ time, be submitted to and approved by the
local inquisitor.
Reusch points out that these Spanish Indexes, even the latest, contain
many more errors, both bibliographical and typographical, than those
of the Roman series before Benedict. The compilers of the Index of
Cevallos were of course in a position to utilise in their work the
lists and the information brought together in the Index of Benedict.
It would appear, however, that they made no use of the Benedictine
Index, while it is evident that the compilers were in many cases quite
ignorant of even the names of the authors and of the books condemned
(not to speak of the contents). The following entry may be cited as an
example of some likely to cause perplexity to the devout reader:
“Fulko Grevil, Theliffe Of the Renovudne, Senior Phillip Ciduaey” (Fulk
Greville’s _Life of the Renowned Sir Philip Sidney_).
_13._ _Supplements to the Spanish Index of 1790._ The second
issue of the Index of 1790 contains two supplements which present the
titles of certain books that, during the printing of the Index, came
under the condemnation of the Inquisition. The works belong almost
exclusively to a group of writings having to do with the French
Revolution. In 1805, was printed a third supplement that contains books
prohibited between 1789 and 1805. This list includes, in addition to
writings of the Revolution, certain Italian works that had during
the preceding decade been prohibited in Rome. Between the years 1806
and 1819 (years that covered the period of the French invasion, the
short-lived kingdom of Joseph, and the reorganisation of the kingdom),
the Inquisition published seven edicts in which a number of works were
prohibited. These lists were, however, not combined into any official
Index. In 1844, was printed in Madrid an Index in which were combined
into one alphabet the lists of the Index of 1790, the supplement of
1805, and the lists of the Mechlin edition of the Roman Index of 1843.
This publication was, however, a private and unofficial undertaking.
In 1848, was printed in Madrid an appendix to the Index of 1844, which
contains the titles of the books prohibited by the Inquisition between
1805 and 1819 together with the titles of the books prohibited in Rome
between 1842 and 1846. In 1863, was issued in Madrid a second appendix
giving the titles of the books prohibited in Rome between 1846 and 1862.
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