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    Core documents by: Date Place Core documents for: Italy Germany France Britain United States All documents for: Italy Germany France Britain United States Original language: English French German Italian Latin Browse documents by: Person ... by name ... by occupation ... by life dates Place Institution Legislation Case law Browse commentaries by: Person ... by name ... by occupation ... by life dates Place Institution Legislation Case law Browse database by: Key words Editors' login:  | | Counterfeited papal privilege, N.N. [allegedly Rome] (1560) Source: Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart Theol.qt.1537 Citation: Counterfeited papal privilege (1560), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Record-ID: d_1560 Full title Counterfeited papal privilege excluding the German lands, as printed in the satyrical Obscure Disputations on Theology Full title original language Colloquia obscurorum theologorum, ac concionatorum, grassantium nunc per Brabantiam, ex quibus lector praeter Atticum leporem, etiam illorum mores ac studia cognoscet Abstract This document is associated with the core document: d_1513. The title of the "Colloquia obscurorum theologorum" alludes to the famous "Epistolae Obscurorum Virorum" (i.e. "Letters of Obscure Men"), a collection of satirical letters published anonymously by Johann Crotus and Ulrich von Hutten around 1515. The limits of the protection afforded by the papal privilege and the censorship regime in the Catholic lands are illustrated ironically in the "tenor of the privilege" printed at the end of the Colloquia obscurorum theologorum. This book was a contribution to the sixteenth-century theological disputes between Roman Catholics and Protestants. It has been suggested that the writer came from the Archdiocese of Cambrai, probably from Brussels (Frederik Pijper, 184). The obviously Protestant author sneers at the theologians from Leuwen University. Typically Lutheran positions are put forward: it is claimed that the theological faculties of Leuwen and Rome have issued a ban on reading the Bible, and that the Leuwen theologians have even published corrupt editions of it. The fictive dialogues are conducted between prominent members of the Catholic party: the Leuwen inquisitor and dean of the Theological Faculty Ruard Tapper (1485-1559); the Bishop of 's-Hertogenbosch and Antwerpen, Franciscus Sonnius (1506-1576); and Jodokus Tiletanus (also Josse Ravensteyn) (1506-1570), who in 1567 had expelled the Protestants from Leuwen. The fictive imprint on the title-page (d_1560_im_1_1.tif) refers to both a papal censorship license and a privilege (Romae stampato con priuilegio del Papa), whereas on the last page the terms of the 'privilege' are satirically specified. Bibliography Pijper, Frederik. "Colloquia obscurorum theologorum", in Nederlands archief voor kerkgeschiedenis, 4 (1907), 181-233 Troxler, Walter. Article "Ravesteyn", in Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon, vol. 7, ed. by Traugott Bautz (Nordhausen: Bautz, 1994), 1422-1424. Online at: www.bautz.de. Related documents in this database Author N.N. Publisher N.N. [fictively Eleuthero Aglicero] Location N.N. [allegedly Rome] Year 1560 Language Latin Source Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart Theol.qt.1537 Physical description 62 pages Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Pius IV (1499-1565) Persons referred to in commentary Crotus, Johann (d.1545) Hutten, Ulrich von (1488-1523) Sonnius, Franciscus (1506-1576) Tapper, Ruard Tapper (1485-1559) Tiletanus, Jodokus (1506-1570) Places referred to N/A Places referred to in commentary N/A Legislation referred to N/A Legislation referred to in commentary N/A Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary N/A Institutions referred to N/A Institutions referred to in commentary N/A Key words excommunication privileges, fictitious privileges, Papal Responsible editor Friedemann Kawohl Copyright status Photographic images and scans of public domain documents may be protected under some copyright laws and/or contractual restrictions apply. If you wish to use images of this document in other contexts, please contact the relevant archive (see source). Translation and commentary fall under the project licence (see home page). Photographic images and scans of public domain documents may be protected under some copyright laws and/or contractual restrictions apply. If you wish to use images of this document in other contexts, please contact the relevant archive (see source). Translation and commentary fall under the project licence (see home page). | |||||
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