George Haven Putnam’s study of the censorship of the Church of Rome examines its influence upon the production and distribution of literature. This second volume traces the history of the Index of prohibited books and the church’s regulation of printing and reading.
Written by a prominent publisher and advocate of authors’ rights, the work surveys centuries of conflict between authority and the printed word. It is a substantial contribution to the history of censorship and the freedom of the press. Download the free EPUB of this scholarly study of literary censorship.