Books in the Catholic World During the Early Modern Period

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-90-04-26289-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 33, 242 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 563 g

Reihe: Library of the Written Word / Library of the Written Word - The Handpress World

The Reformation is often alluded to as Gutenberg’s child. Could it then be said that the Counter-Reformation was his step-child? The close relationship between the Reformation, the printing press and books has received extensive, historiographical attention, which is clearly justified; however, the links between books and the Catholic world have often been limited to a tale of censorship and repression. The current volume looks beyond this, with a series of papers that aim to shed new light on the complex relationships between Catholicism and books during the early modern period, before and after the religious schism, with special focus on trade, common reads and the mechanisms used to control readership in different territories, together with the similarities between the Catholic and the Protestant worlds.

Contributors include: Stijn Van Rossem, Rafael M. Pérez García, Pedro J. Rueda Ramírez, Idalia García Aguilar, Bianca Lindorfer, Natalia Maillard Álvarez, and Adrien Delmas.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Maillard Álvarez, Natalia

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Katholizismus, Römisch-Katholische Kirche
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Notes on Contributors

Introduction
Natalia Maillard Álvarez

1. The Verdussens and the International Trade in Catholic Books (Antwerp, Seventeenth Century)
Stijn Van Rossem
2. The Globalization of the European Book Market: Diego Crance’s Catalogus librorum (Seville, 1680) and the Sale of Books
in New Spain
Pedro Rueda Ramírez
3. Communitas Christiana: The Sources of Christian Tradition in the Construction of Early Castilian Spiritual Literature, ca. 1400–1540
Rafael M. Pérez García
4. Italian Literature in the Hispanic World during the Early Modern Period (Seville and Mexico City)
Natalia Maillard Álvarez
5. Aristocratic Book Consumption in the Seventeenth Century: Austrian Aristocratic Book Collectors and the Role of Noble Networks in the Circulation of Books from Spain to Austria
Bianca Lindorfer
6. Before we are Condemned: Inquisitorial Fears and Private Libraries of New Spain
Idalia García Aguilar
7. Artem Quaevis Terra Alit: Books in the Cape Colony during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
Adrien Delmas

Bibliography

Index of Names

Über Autor(innen)

Natalia Maillard Álvarez, Ph.D. (2007) in History, is lecturer at the Universidad Pablo de Olavide. Her research focuses on book history during the early modern period. She has published Lectores y libros en la ciudad de Sevilla (1550-1600) (2011).