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“Heresy and Error”: The Ecclesiastical Censorship of Books, 1400–1800 An Exhibition at Bridwell Library, September 20 – December 17, 2010 | |||||
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This
notification prohibits fifty-five books and mandates
the expurgation of six others. The prohibited titles
range from No. 9, the obscene French novel Voyage dans
le Boudoir de Paulina, to No. 14, Edward
Gibbon’s six-volume History of the
Decline and Fall of the
Roman Empire (London, 1776-1789).
The latter work, widely considered one of the
foundations of modern historical method, was banned
on account of its negative characterization of the
early Church. |
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