Long-term research project: The Roman Congregations of the Inquisition and the Index, 1542-1966

从1542年到1966年，罗马教廷控制着图书市场和印刷业，在违反天主教教义或道德的情况下实施禁令。在很长一段时间里，“Prohibitorum索引图书馆”或多或少是唯一一份记录使徒书籍审查的材料，研究人员可以回想起来。在1998年(除了1939年2月之后的一段时间外)，才能查阅到由负责这些禁令的教廷，即神圣办公室(1542-1966)和索引会(1571-1917)发布的文件的背景资料。这些文件保存在罗马信仰教义会议的档案中(每个Dottrina della Fede的档案)。长期项目确保德国的研究在分析和评估这个独特的文化机构方面占有突出的份额。该项目的核心是三个层面的基础研究：首先，以审查制度历史为重点的系统汇编，使人们能够查阅宗教裁判所和《索引汇编》各自的档案。所有参与审查程序的书籍，无论是被禁止的书籍，还是被“解禁”的书籍，都以传记形式列出，并另外参考与特定案件有关的档案文件。其次，展示了所谓的Bandi(罗马合法出版禁书的海报)的第一个完整版本。第三，传记提供了会众成员的传记简介，证明了审查员在教会管理中的作用，他们参与了教廷结构和他们的学术-神学生涯。除了这些基本研究卷外，还有几个单独的项目侧重于审查制度的突出案例和有关问题，以及接受图书禁令以及两个审查机关的结构和行政的核心方面。该项目正在按时间顺序倒退，从指数会议解体的那一年(1917年)开始，一直到罗马机构图书审查制度的开始。最后一点是罗马宗教裁判所成立的年份(1542年)。19世纪(1814-1917)的基础研究卷分别于2005年和2007年出版。从2009年到2011年，介绍了集中在1701年到1813年期间的卷。这部以1542-1700年为主题的续集将暂时结束这一系列。该项目的目的是为所有以历史为基础的学科提供一个有效的工具，为分析罗马教廷如何处理现代的知识发展以及审查和一般知识控制的历史提供长期的基础。

From 1542 to 1966 the Roman Curia controlled the book market and the printing industry imposing bans in case of medial offences against the Catholic doctrine or morals. For a long time, the "Index librorum prohibitorum" was more or less the only material documenting apostolic book censorship that researchers could hark back to. The documents unfolding the background of those bans issued by the dicasteries in charge, namely the Holy Office (1542-1966) and the Congregation of the Index (1571-1917), were only made accessible in 1998 (momentarily except for the period after February 1939). The files are kept in the archive of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in Rome (Archivio della Congregazione per la Dottrina della Fede).The long-term project assures German research an outstanding share in the analysis and evaluation of this culturally unique body. The core of the project is basic research on three levels: firstly, the respective files of the Inquisition and the Congregation of the Index are made accessible in a Systematic Repertory focusing on the history of censorship. All books that were involved in censorship proceedings, those banned as well as those "discharged", are listed in a biographically precise form with additional reference to the archival documents pertaining to the particular case. Secondly, the first complete edition ever of the so called bandi (the posters on which the books bans were published legally in Rome) is presented. Thirdly, a prosopography offers bio-bibliographical profiles of the congregations' members, giving evidence of the censors' roles within the Church administration, their involvement in the curial structure and their academic-theological career. In addition to these basic research volumes several single projects focus on prominent cases of and issues concerning censorship as well as on the reception of book bans and on central aspects of the structure and administration of the two censorship authorities. The project is working chronologically backwards, starting from the year the Congregation of the Index disintegrated (1917) and heading for the beginnings of institutional book censorship in Rome. The final point is the year the Roman Inquisition was founded (1542). The volumes of basic research for the 19th century (1814-1917) were published in 2005 and 2007. From 2009 to 2011 the volumes concentrating on the period from 1701 to 1813 were presented. The sequel focusing on the years 1542-1700 is going to finish the series for the time being. The project's intention is to provide all historically based disciplines with an effective tool that offers a long-ranging basis for analyses on how the Roman Curia dealt with the intellectual development of the Modern Age and on the history of censorship and the control of knowledge in general.