Chapter I: Front Matter

THE CENSORSHIP OF THE CHURCH

SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS

VOLUME I

I. Introductory. The Index and Censorship.

II. Censorship and the Early Church. 150–768.

III. Prohibition of Books in the Middle Ages. 830–1480.

IV. Book Regulations before the Indexes.

In England, the Netherlands, France, Spain, and Germany.
1450–1555.

V. Papal Censorship before the Indexes and the Bull _Coenae
Domini_. 1364–1586.

VI. The Roman Inquisition and the Congregation of the Index.

VII. The First Series of Indexes.

Louvain, 1510, Venice, 1543, Paris, 1544, Louvain, 1546,
Lucca, 1545, Louvain, 1550, Venice, 1549, Valentia, 1551,
Florence, 1552, Valladolid, 1554, Venice, 1554, Louvain,
1558, Valladolid, 1559, Rome, 1559.

VIII. The Council of Trent and the Index of Pius IV. 1564.

IX. Censorship Regulations. 1550–1591.

X. Indexes of the Netherlands, Spain, and Italy. 1569–1588.

XI. Roman Indexes and Decrees. 1590–1661.

(This chapter includes the Index of Sixtus V, the only
papal Index which undertook the work of expurgation.)

XII. Indexes and Prohibitions, Spanish, Roman, Belgian,
Portuguese, and Polish. 1612–1768.

XIII. The Index of Alexander VII. 1664.

(This Index includes the record of the condemnation of
Galileo.)

XIV. Decrees and Indexes, French, Belgian, Bohemian, Roman and
Spanish. 1685–1815.

XV. Erasmus and Luther in the Index.

XVI. The Jansenist Controversy and the Bull _Unigenitus_.

VOLUME II

I. Theological Controversies in France, Germany, England, and
the Netherlands. 1600–1750.

II. The Treatment of the Scriptures under Censorship.

III. The Monastic Orders and Censorship.

IV. Roman Indexes. 1758–1900.

(This chapter includes a specification of the Index of
Benedict XIV of 1758, and description of the latest
Indexes, those of Pius IX and Leo XIII.)

V. General Prohibitions and the Continuation of Class I.

VI. Issues between Church and State.

VII. Examples of Condemned Literature.

VIII. The Censorship of the State and by Protestants.

a. Catholic States: Catholic Germany, France, Spain,
and Portugal. b. Protestant States: Protestant Germany,
Switzerland, Holland, Scandinavia, and England.

IX. The Book Trade as Affected by Censorship: 1450–1800.

X. The Censorship of the Stage.

XI. The Literary Policy of the Modern Church.

(This chapter includes a study of the Indexes of Leo
XIII, 1896–1900, the work of Index revision and reform,
1865–1880, “Romanus” and the Tablet, 1897, and a
reference to present methods of censorship.)

XII. The Authority and the Results of Censorship.

Supplement, with schedule of the Indexes issued under the
authority of the Church, 1526–1900.

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=Authors and Their Public in Ancient Times.=--A sketch of
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=Books and Their Makers during the Middle Ages.=--A
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Volume I., 476–1600.
Volume II., 1500–1709.

=The Question of Copyright.=--Comprising the text of
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Record of Legislation brought down to March, 1896. 8^o, gilt top

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=The Censorship of the Church of Rome and Its Influence upon
the Production and the Distribution of Literature.=--A Study
of the History of the Prohibitory and Expurgatory Indexes,
Together with Some Consideration of the Effects of Protestant
Censorship and of Censorship by the State.

Two volumes, 8vo. Uniform with “Books and Their Makers.” Each

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G. P. Putnam’s Sons
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THE CENSORSHIP OF

THE CHURCH OF ROME

AND ITS INFLUENCE UPON THE PRODUCTION AND
DISTRIBUTION OF LITERATURE

A STUDY OF THE HISTORY OF THE PROHIBITORY AND EXPURGATORY
INDEXES, TOGETHER WITH SOME CONSIDERATION OF THE EFFECTS
OF PROTESTANT CENSORSHIP AND OF CENSORSHIP BY THE STATE

BY
GEORGE HAVEN PUTNAM, LITT.D.

Author of
“AUTHORS AND THEIR PUBLIC IN ANCIENT TIMES,” “BOOKS AND THEIR MAKERS IN
THE MIDDLE AGES,” “THE QUESTION OF COPYRIGHT,” “AUTHORS
AND PUBLISHERS,” ETC.

_IN TWO VOLUMES_
VOLUME I

G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
The Knickerbocker Press
1906

COPYRIGHT, 1906
BY
GEORGE HAVEN PUTNAM

The Knickerbocker Press

TO

MY DAUGHTER ETHEL

IN RECOGNITION OF LOVING SERVICE AND OF SKILLED AND PATIENT
LABOUR, DEVOTED TO PREPARING THIS MATERIAL FOR THE PRINTERS