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Author Sachet, Paolo, author

Title A Press for Rome : the Catholic Church and the Use of Printing in Sixteenth-Century Rome / Paolo Sachet
Published Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2020

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Description 1 online resource
Series Library of the Written Word ; 80
Library of the written word ; 80.
Summary In this book Paolo Sachet provides a detailed account of the attempts made by the Roman Curia to exploit printing in the mid-sixteenth century, after the Reformation but before the implementation of the ecclesiastical censorship. Conventional wisdom maintains that Protestant exploitation of printing was astute, active and forward-looking, whereas the papacy was inept, passive and reactionary in dealing with the relatively new medium of communication. Publishing for the Popes aims to provide an impartial assessment of this assumption. By focusing on the editorial projects undertaken by members of the Roman Curia between 1527 and 1555, Sachet examines the Catholic Church's attitude towards printing, exploring its biases and tactics
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Subject Catholic Church -- Publishing -- Italy -- Rome -- History -- 16th century
SUBJECT Catholic Church. fast (OCoLC)fst00531720
Subject Book industries and trade -- Italy -- Rome -- History -- 16th century
Printing -- Italy -- Rome -- History -- 16th century
Publishers and publishing.
Book industries and trade
Printing
Italy -- Rome
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789004348653
9004348654
Other Titles Catholic Church and the Use of Printing in Sixteenth-Century Rome