Forbidden prayer: church censorship and devotional literature in renaissance italy
Auteur :
Caravale, Giorgio
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9781409429883
Date de publication :
28 janv. 2012
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
730 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Delineates the attempt, carried out by the Congregations of the Inquisition and the Index during the sixteenth and early seventeenth century, to purge various devotional texts in the Italian vernacular of heterodox beliefs and superstitious elements, while imposing a rigid uniformity in liturgical and devotional practices.