{"product_id":"1687-history-of-venetian-inquisition-by-paolo-sarpi-antique","title":"1687 HISTORY of VENETIAN INQUISITION by PAOLO SARPI antique","description":"\u003ccenter\u003e\r\n\u003ch4\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16pt\"\u003eSarpi , Paolo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Historia dell’Origine, forma, leggi ad uso dell’Ufficio dell’Inquisizione nella Città, e Dominio di Venetia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Venetia: Appresso Roberto Meietti; 1687\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e216 pp. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginal hardback, manuscript title to the spine, untrimmed edges.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eToning and foxing \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-----------------------------------\u003cbr\u003eA treatise on the organization and rules of the Venetian Inquisition, a testament to the Serenissima's autonomy from the Roman model. \u003cbr\u003eThis work is considered one of the principal historical accounts of the administration of the Inquisition in the Venetian context and an important reflection on the relationship between ecclesiastical power and political authority.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15pt\"\u003e------------------------------------\u003cbr\u003e Size 4  by 6 1\/3\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16pt\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eText in Italian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e==================================\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan property=\"description\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16pt\"\u003ePaolo Sarpi (1552 – 1623) was an Italian Servite friar and Catholic priest who was a notable historian, scientist, canon lawyer, polymath and statesman active on behalf of the Venetian Republic during the period of its successful defiance of the papal interdict (1605–1607) and its war (1615–1617) with Austria over the Uskok pirates.\u003cbr\u003eHis writings, frankly polemical and highly critical of the Catholic Church and its Scholastic tradition, \"inspired both Hobbes and Edward Gibbon in their own historical debunkings of priestcraft.\"\u003cbr\u003e Sarpi's major work, the History of the Council of Trent (1619), was published in London in 1619; other works: a History of Ecclesiastical Benefices, History of the Interdict and his Supplement to the History of the Uskoks, appeared posthumously. Organized around single topics, they are early examples of the genre of the historical monograph.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a defender of the liberties of Republican Venice and proponent of the separation of Church and state,  Sarpi attained fame as a hero of republicanism and free thought and possible crypto Protestant.\u003cbr\u003eHis last words, \"Esto perpetua\" (\"may she [i.e., the republic] live forever\"), were recalled by John Adams in 1820 in a letter to Thomas Jefferson, when Adams \"wished 'as devoutly as Father Paul for the preservation of our vast American empire and our free institutions', as Sarpi had wished for the preservation of Venice and its institutions.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSarpi was also an experimental scientist, a proponent of the Copernican system, a friend and patron of Galileo Galilei,[6] and a keen follower of the latest research on anatomy, astronomy, and ballistics at the University of Padua. His extensive network of correspondents included Francis Bacon and William Harvey.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSarpi believed that government institutions should rescind their censorship of the Avvisi—the newsletters that started to be common in his time—and instead of censorship, publish their own versions of the news to counter enemy publications. In that spirit, Sarpi himself published several pamphlets in defence of Venice's rights over the Adriatic. As such, Sarpi could be considered as an early advocate of the freedom of the press, though the concept did not yet exist in his lifetime.\u003cbr\u003e==========================\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease see my other auctions \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThank You\u003c\/span\u003e \r\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eRefund Policy: We will issue a FULL REFUND, 100% money back if you are not satisfied with your purchase. Items must be returned to us within 20 days in order to receive a refund or replacement. Buyer is responsible for shipping costs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e","brand":"Motka","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51955227427118,"sku":null,"price":642.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0692\/8017\/0286\/files\/204562-002jpg.jpg?v=1776029691","url":"https:\/\/motka.store\/products\/1687-history-of-venetian-inquisition-by-paolo-sarpi-antique","provider":"Motka","version":"1.0","type":"link"}