Banned Books in the Libraries of the Styrian Monasteries in the Early Modern Period

Abstract

This article discusses Protestant and other forbidden books included on the Index librorum prohibitorum (List of Prohibited Books) from Pope Paul IV (1559) to Benedict XIV (1758), which, according to book catalogs, were located in the former or still-functioning Minorite, Franciscan, Capuchin, and Dominican monasteries in Lower Styria. Works by Class I authors (I. Cl. Ind. Trid.), where the reformers are mainly found (Luther, Hus, Melanchthon, and Trubar), were completely banned. This was followed by individual prohibited works (e.g., by Johann Ludwig Schönleben) and works with problematic passages, forbidden until corrected (donec corrigantur; e.g., Johannes Schneidewein).

Razprava opozarja na prisotnost protestantskih in nekaterih drugih knjig, vključenih v cerkvene indekse prepovedanih knjig (Index librorum prohibitorum) od papeža Pavla IV. (1559) do Benedikta XIV. (1758), ki so se glede na knjižne kataloge nahajale v nekdanjih ali danes še delujočih minoritskih, frančiškanskih, kapucinskih in dominikanskih samostanih na Spodnjem Štajerskem. Dela avtorjev prvega ra-zreda (I. Cl. Ind. Trid.), kjer so se znašli predvsem reformatorji (Luther, Hus, Melanchthon, Trubar), so bila v celoti prepovedana. Sledila so prepovedana posamezna dela (npr. Janez Ludvik Schönleben) in dela s spornimi odlomki, prepovedana do prečiščenja (donec corrigantur) (npr. Johannes Schneidewein).