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Description
The presentation discusses broader questions of the relationship between technology and freedom of expression in sixteenth-century Italy. It takes into account the Counter-Reformation context and its impact on Jewish printing and culture.
This presentation is for the following text(s):
- Responsa of Rabbenu Nissim of Gerona (1546)
- A ruling against rabbis who have sought to delay the printing of the Zohar (1558)
- The "imprimatur" by Isaac de Lattes (1558)
Event Website
http://research.library.fordham.edu/emw/emw2009/
Start Date
24-8-2009 9:00 AM
Location
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies, Harvard University
Included in
Cultural History Commons, History of Religion Commons, History of Science, Technology, and Medicine Commons, Intellectual History Commons, Jewish Studies Commons
Technology, Preservation, and Freedom of Expression: Isaac de Latters as Printer in Sixteenth-Century Italy
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies, Harvard University
The presentation discusses broader questions of the relationship between technology and freedom of expression in sixteenth-century Italy. It takes into account the Counter-Reformation context and its impact on Jewish printing and culture.
This presentation is for the following text(s):
- Responsa of Rabbenu Nissim of Gerona (1546)
- A ruling against rabbis who have sought to delay the printing of the Zohar (1558)
- The "imprimatur" by Isaac de Lattes (1558)
https://research.library.fordham.edu/emw/emw2009/emw2009/3
Comments
The video of Bernard Cooperman's presentation is also available on iTunes U the Early Modern Workshop track.