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Christianity, Book-Burning and Censorship in Late Antiquity - Studies in Text Transmission (Hardcover, Digital original)
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Christianity, Book-Burning and Censorship in Late Antiquity - Studies in Text Transmission (Hardcover, Digital original)
Series: Arbeiten zur Kirchengeschichte
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It is estimated that only a small fraction, less than 1 per cent,
of ancient literature has survived to the present day. The role of
Christian authorities in the active suppression and destruction of
books in Late Antiquity has received surprisingly little sustained
consideration by academics. In an approach that presents evidence
for the role played by Christian institutions, writers and saints,
this book analyses a broad range of literary and legal sources,
some of which have hitherto been little studied. Paying special
attention to the problem of which genres and book types were likely
to be targeted, the author argues that in addition to heretical,
magical, astrological and anti-Christian books, other less
obviously subversive categories of literature were also vulnerable
to destruction, censorship or suppression through prohibition of
the copying of manuscripts. These include texts from materialistic
philosophical traditions, texts which were to become the basis for
modern philosophy and science. This book examines how Christian
authorities, theologians and ideologues suppressed ancient texts
and associated ideas at a time of fundamental transformation in the
late classical world.
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