Document Type:
Book
Author/editor:
 Paolo Sachet
 
Standard: Sachet, Paolo [Paolo Sachet]
Title:
Publishing for the Popes: the Roman Curia and the Use of Printing (1527-1555)

Standard:

Date of Publication:
 2020
Place of Publication:
 Leiden ; Boston

Standard: Leiden [Leyde][Lugdunae Batavorum][Lugduni Batavorum]

Publisher/Printer name:
 Brill

Standard: Brill [Koninklijke Brill N.V.]

ISBN/ISSN:
 978-90-04-34864-6
Pages:
 VIII, 305 pp.
Subjects:
 Catholic Church - Bookprint - History - 1527-1555
Doctoral thesis

Summary/Notes:

Recensione: RMR 09 (giugno 2021), pp. 295-296 [Tommaso Somigli Russotto].

Abstract: 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.