The censorship of the Church of Rome and its influence upon the production and distribution of literature, volume 2 (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 2 (of 2)
Putnam, George Haven
Freedom of the press; Liberty of conscience; Prohibited books
Legrand, Jacques, _Recherche des Bases d’une Philosophie Pratique_,
printed in 1864, prohibited the same year.
Mangin, Arthur, _L’Homme et la Bête_, printed in 1872, prohibited the
same year.
Figuier, Louis, _Le Lendemain de la Mort ou la Vie Future selon la
Science_, printed 1871, prohibited 1872.
A collection of essays by Tyndall, Owen, Huxley, Hooker, and Lubbock,
translated into French, together with certain papers by Raymond,
edited by the Abbé Moigno, on the general subject-matter of science
and faith, was printed in Paris in 1875 and prohibited in the same
year. Connected with the prohibition is a statement that the notes of
Moigno on Tyndall and the other naturalists meet the approval of the
Congregation.
Leopardi, Giacomo, _Operetti Morali_, printed 1827, prohibited, with a
_donec emendatum_, in 1850.
Spaventa, Bernardo, _Opera omnia_, printed between the years 1861 and
1874.
Vera, Auguste, _Opera omnia_ in each and every version. These two
writers had given instruction in the Hegelian philosophy. Vera’s works
had appeared in Italian, French, and English editions.
Ferrari, Gius., _Opera omnia_, prohibited 1877. The chief work of
this author, _Essai sur le Principe et la Limite de la Philosophie
d’Histoire_, had been printed as early as 1837 and had for forty
years escaped condemnation.
Settembrini, Luigi (a third Neapolitan Hegelian), _Lezioni di
Letteratura Italiana_, printed in 1868, prohibited in 1874.
Sicilinoni, Pietro (professor of philosophy in Bologna), a series of
works printed between the years 1878 and 1887, placed upon the Index
from year to year immediately after their publication.
[Sidenote: Historical Works]
Ranke, L., _Die Römischen Päpste, ihre Kirche und ihr Staat, im
XVI^{ten} und XVII^{ten} Jahrhundert_, printed in 1835, prohibited
in 1841.
Hume, David, _History of England_, printed in 1761, prohibited in
1823.
Robertson, William, _History of Charles the Fifth_, printed in 1762,
prohibited (in a French edition) in 1777.
Goldsmith, Oliver, _History of England_, printed in 1770, prohibited
(in an Italian edition), with a _d.c._, 1823.
Roscoe, William, _Biography of Leo X_, printed 1805, prohibited,
in both the English and Italian versions, in 1825.
Hallam, Henry, _View of the State of Europe during the Middle
Ages_, printed in 1818, prohibited (in the Italian edition) in 1833.
_Constitutional History of England_, printed in 1824, prohibited
1827.
Beugnot, A., _Histoire de la Destruction du Paganisme en Occident_,
printed in 1835, prohibited in 1837.
Sismondi, J. C. L. S. de, _Histoire du Moyen-Age_, printed in
1812, prohibited in 1817. The prohibition covers, however, only
the first eleven volumes. The sixteenth volume, which contains the
noteworthy chapter on the pernicious effects produced on Italy by the
casuistical morality of the Church of Rome, escaped condemnation.
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