| 来源类型 | Discussion paper |
| 规范类型 | 论文 |
| 来源ID | DP16092 |
| DP16092 Freedom of the Press? Catholic Censorship during the Counter-Reformation | |
| Sascha O. Becker; Francisco J. Pino | |
| 发表日期 | 2021-04-30 |
| 出版年 | 2021 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | The Protestant Reformation in the early 16th century challenged the monopoly of the Catholic Church. The printing press helped the new movement spread its ideas well beyond the cradle of the Reformation in Luther's city of Wittenberg. The Catholic Church reacted by issuing indexes of forbidden books which blacklisted not only Protestant authors but all authors whose ideas were considered to be in conflict with Catholic doctrine. We use newly digitized data on the universe of books censored by the Catholic Church during the Counter-Reformation, containing information on titles, authors, printers and printing locations. We classify censored books by topic (religion, sciences, social sciences and arts) and language and record when and where books were indexed. Our results show that Catholic censorship did reduce printing of forbidden authors, as intended, but also negatively impacted on the diffusion of knowledge, and city growth. |
| 主题 | Economic History |
| 关键词 | Censorship Counter-reformation Political economy Elite human capital |
| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp16092 |
| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/545070 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Sascha O. Becker,Francisco J. Pino. DP16092 Freedom of the Press? Catholic Censorship during the Counter-Reformation. 2021. |
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