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The Mind of the Censor: Girolamo Rossi, a Physician and Censor for the Congregation of the Index (2018)

Early Science and Medicine: A Journal for the Study of Science, Technology and Medicine in the Pre-modern Period
Volume: 23
Issue: 1-2
Pages: 14-33

URI: http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/15733823-02312p02

DOI: 10.1163/15733823-02312P02

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Humanism Counter-Reformation Physicians; doctors Inquisitions Censorship 16th century Rossi, Girolamo

Girolamo Rossi (1539-1607) was a historian, physician, and prolific censor for the Catholic Church. This article examines Rossi’s manuscripts in Ravenna and the Vatican to explore how a physician contributed to the expurgation efforts of the Congregation of the Index in the years following the publication of the Clementine Index (1596). I argue that participating in these censorship efforts trained physicians and other lay experts to read like censors, re-purposing the humanist tools of reading, excerpting, and note taking to accomplish the censorship goals of the Counter-Reformation Church.

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Article Maria Pia Donato (2018) Medicine and the Inquisition in the Early Modern World: Introduction. Early Science and Medicine: A Journal for the Study of Science, Technology and Medicine in the Pre-modern Period (pp. 1-13). unapi

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