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Robin Vose on “The Index of Prohibited Books: Four Centuries of Struggle over Word and Image for the Greater Glory of God”
December 13, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm EST
Sponsored by The Grolier Club
Tues Dec 13, 6:00pm-7:30pm Eastern time
Canadian scholar Robin Vose is the author of The Index of Prohibited Books, Four Centuries of Struggle over Word and Image for the Greater Glory of God (Reaktion/U. of Chicago Press). He will lecture on his research for this first comprehensive history of four centuries of the Catholic Church’s notorious “Index Librorum Prohibitorum,” with resonance for ongoing debates over banned books, censorship and free speech.
This lecture will be webcast live via YouTube.