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Book SynopsisOne of the great European publishing centers, Venice produced half or more of all books printed in Italy during the sixteenth-century. Drawing on the records of the Venetian Inquisition, which survive almost complete, Paul F. Grendler considers the effectiveness of censorship imposed on the Venetian press by the Index of Prohibited Books and enforc
Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*List of Illustrations and Tables, pg. ix*Acknowledgments, pg. xi*Abbreviations, pg. xiii*Introduction, pg. xvii*I. The Venetian Bookmen, pg. 1*II. The Inquisition, pg. 25*III. The Growth Of Censorship, pg. 63*IV. The Counter Reformation Implemented, pg. 128*V. The Counter Reformation Enforced, pg. 162*VI. The Clandestine Book Trade, pg. 182*VII. Venice and Rome Part Company, pg. 201*VIII. The Republic Protects The Press, pg. 225*IX. The Waning of the Index, pg. 254*X. The Impact of Index and Inquisition on Italian Intellectual Life, pg. 286*Appendix I. Documents, pg. 295*Appendix II. Inventories of Prohibited Titles C. 1555-1604, pg. 304*Bibliography, pg. 325*Index, pg. 349
