Index of Prohibited Books (Spanish Inquisition)

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The Index of Prohibited Books of the Spanish Inquisition was an official catalog of writings banned for reasons of heresy or moral danger, used to control religious doctrine and censor intellectual life in early modern Spain.

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Index of Prohibited Books (Spanish Inquisition) canonical 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic Church document ⓘ
censorship index ⓘ
ecclesiastical document ⓘ
legal instrument ⓘ
appliesToTerritory Spanish Empire ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Counter-Reformation ⓘ
surface form: Counter‑Reformation
associatedWithInstitution Roman Inquisition ⓘ
Spanish monarchy ⓘ
authority Spanish monarchy ⓘ
surface form: Spanish Crown

Supreme Council of the Inquisition ⓘ
surface form: Supreme Council of the Spanish Inquisition
basedOn Catholic doctrine ⓘ
canons of the Council of Trent ⓘ
surface form: decrees of the Council of Trent
countryOfUse Spain ⓘ
effectOn academic freedom ⓘ
circulation of books ⓘ
intellectual life in early modern Spain ⓘ
enforcedBy inquisitorial tribunals ⓘ
local censors ⓘ
genre catalogue ⓘ
legal list ⓘ
hasLegalStatus binding on printers and booksellers in Spain ⓘ
binding on subjects of the Spanish Crown ⓘ
historicalPeriod early modern period ⓘ
includes banned authors ⓘ
banned titles ⓘ
rules for expurgation ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
mainSubject Catholic orthodoxy ⓘ
censorship ⓘ
heresy ⓘ
moral theology ⓘ
medium printed book ⓘ
purpose to censor intellectual life ⓘ
to control religious doctrine ⓘ
to prevent the spread of heretical ideas ⓘ
to protect Catholic faith and morals ⓘ
reasonForProhibition anti‑clericalism ⓘ
blasphemy ⓘ
doctrinal error ⓘ
heresy ⓘ
moral danger ⓘ
obscenity ⓘ
regulates book trade ⓘ
importation of books ⓘ
printing ⓘ
relatedTo Index Librorum Prohibitorum ⓘ
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism ⓘ
usedBy Spanish Inquisition ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fernando de Valdés → notableWork → Index of Prohibited Books (Spanish Inquisition) ⓘ