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How Long Does it Take to Read Church and Censorship in Eighteenth-Century Italy?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 49 minutes to read Church and Censorship in Eighteenth-Century Italy by Patrizia Delpiano

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Description

Dealing with the issue of ecclesiastical censorship and control over reading and readers, this study challenges the traditional view that during the eighteenth century the Catholic Church in Italy underwent an inexorable decline. It reconstructs the strategies used by the ecclesiastical leadership to regulate the press and culture during a century characterized by important changes, from the spread of the Enlightenment to the creation of a state censorship apparatus. Based on the archival records of the Roman Inquisition and the Congregation of the Index of Forbidden Books preserved in the Vatican, it provides a comprehensive analysis of the Catholic Church’s endeavour to keep literature and reading in check by means of censorship and the promotion of a "good" press. The crisis of the Inquisition system did not imply a general diminution of the Church’s involvement in controlling the press. Rather than being effective instruments of repression, the Inquisition and the Index combined to create an ideological apparatus to resist new ideas and to direct public opinion. This was a network mainly inspired by Counter-Enlightenment principles which would go on to influence the Church’s action well beyond the eighteenth century. This book is an English translation of Il governo della lettura: Chiesa e libri nell’Italia del Settecento (Bologna: Il Mulino, 2007).

How long is Church and Censorship in Eighteenth-Century Italy?

Church and Censorship in Eighteenth-Century Italy by Patrizia Delpiano is 279 pages long, and a total of 72,261 words.

This makes it 94% the length of the average book. It also has 88% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Church and Censorship in Eighteenth-Century Italy Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 34 minutes to read Church and Censorship in Eighteenth-Century Italy aloud.

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Church and Censorship in Eighteenth-Century Italy is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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