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Sulla censura del Decameron a stampa fino all’“Indice” veneziano del 1549
Parole chiave: Censura, Decameron, Incunaboli
Abstract: The Censorship of the Decameron until the Venetian Index in 1549. The conviction and “correction” of the Decameron did not take place until 1559. The censorship of Boccaccio’s book led to the destruction of many copies of earlier editions. During the XV century eleven editions were printed, the first one in 1470, and during the XVI century there were at least forty publications, all dated before 1557. Today only one percent of these have survived. Since its release and until 1488, theologians and missionaries of that century had deemed the Decameron to be immoral. Bernardino da Feltre and Girolamo Savonarola collected and publicly burned thousands of objects and books, including Boccaccio’s works. In the XVI century the bishops Guevara and Vergerio, and authors such as Vives, Agrippa and Putherbeus criticized the Church for the lack of prompt action against “romantic” literature.
Keywords: Censorship, Decameron, Incunabola
Contenuto in: Giovanni Boccaccio: tradizione, interpretazione e fortuna. In ricordo di Vittore Branca
Curatori: Antonio Ferracin e Matteo Venier
Editore: Forum
Luogo di pubblicazione: Udine
Anno di pubblicazione: 2014
Collana: Libri e biblioteche
ISBN: 978-88-8420-849-1
ISBN: 978-88-8420-976-4 (versione digitale/pdf)
Pagine: 341-363
DOI: 10.4424/978-88-8420-849-1-20
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Per citare:
Ugo Rozzo,
«Sulla censura del Decameron a stampa fino all’“Indice” veneziano del 1549», in
Antonio Ferracin e Matteo Venier (a cura di),
Giovanni Boccaccio: tradizione, interpretazione e fortuna. In ricordo di Vittore Branca, Udine, Forum, 2014,
pp.
341-363
