„ Veritatum, „ Veritatem CONTENTS PAGE PREFACE v BIBLIOGRAPHY xvii I.--INTRODUCTORY. THE INDEX AND CENSORSHIP 1 II.--CENSORSHIP IN THE EARLY CHURCH, 150–768 55 III.--PROHIBITIONS OF BOOKS IN THE MIDDLE AGES, 830–1480 64 IV.--BOOK REGULATIONS BEFORE THE INDEXES, 1450–1555 77 1. General, 1450–1560 2. England, 1526–1555 3. Netherlands, 1521–1550 4. France, 1521–1551 5. Spain, 1521–1551 6. Germany, 1521–1555 V.--PAPAL CENSORSHIP BEFORE THE INDEXES 108 1. Earlier Utterances concerning the Writings of the Reformation, 1487–1521 2. The Bull _Coenae Domini_, 1364–1586 VI.--THE ROMAN INQUISITION AND THE CONGREGATION OF THE INDEX 116 1. The Institution of the Roman Inquisition, 1542 2. Trials under the Inquisition in the 17th Century 3. The Congregation of the Index, 1571 VII.--THE FIRST SERIES OF INDEXES, 1510–1559 140 1. Louvain, 1510 2. Paris, 1544 3. Venice, 1543 4. Louvain, 1546 5. Louvain, 1550 6. Lucca, 1545 7. Venice, 1549 8. Florence, 1552 9. Valentia, 1551 10. Valladolid, 1554 11. Venice, 1554 12. Louvain, 1558 13. Valladolid, 1559 14. Rome, 1559 VIII.--THE COUNCIL OF TRENT AND THE INDEX OF PIUS IV, 1564 180 IX.--CENSORSHIP REGULATIONS, 1550–1591 214 1. Papal Regulations, 1550–1591 2. Regulations in Bavaria, 1561–1582 3. Censorship under Pius V and Gregory XIII, 1570–1585 X.--INDEXES OF THE NETHERLANDS, SPAIN, AND ITALY, 1569–1588 226 1. Antwerp, 1569 2. Antwerp, 1570 3. Antwerp, 1571 4. Parma, 1580 5. Lisbon, 1581 6. Madrid, 1583 7. Toledo, 1584 8. Naples, 1588 XI.--ROMAN INDEXES AND DECREES, 1590–1661 243 1. Sixtus V, 1590 2. Clement VIII, 1596 3. Supplements to the Clementine Index, 1597–1609 4. Continuations of the Roman Indexes, 1600–1632