The Index Of Prohibited Books: Four Centuries O... -

Reviewers note that Vose portrays the Index not as a efficient tool of terror, but as a "chaotic, all-too human" set of institutions.

The book expands the narrative beyond Rome, showing how local Inquisitions (Spanish, Portuguese) and universities (Paris, Louvain) ran their own censorship campaigns. The Index of Prohibited Books: Four Centuries o...

Charles Darwin was never on the Index, while some popular authors were ignored because they were deemed "too boring" to be dangerous. Reviewers note that Vose portrays the Index not