Putting the Indices into practice: censoring science in early modern Portugal.
During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the Inquisition was the institution most invested in the censorship of printed books in the Portuguese empire. Besides publishing the Indices of Forbidden Books, the Holy Office was also responsible for overseeing their implementation and ensuring thei...
| Publicado en: | Annals of Science Vol. 77; no. 1; pp. 71 - 96 |
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