Quality control and distribution networks in the Spanish liturgical book market at the end of the 16th century (original) (raw)

International Conference: Circulation of Written Heritage, 2024

Abstract

In the last decades of the sixteenth century, as a consequence of the revision and reformation of the liturgical books by the Council of Trent, a process of quality control and editorial distribution was established in Spain. This process, divided into two parts, concerned the printed liturgical books that include the exception of the Hispanic liturgy granted by Pius V. It was organized from the court of Philip II and his secretaries, through the Monastery of El Escorial, and involved its main producers, the Giunta family and Christophe Plantin in Antwerp. The purpose of this paper is to determine who took part in this process, what its purpose was, how it was carried out and its main consequences for the books involved. After understanding and establishing the official agents of control and its purpose, I will focus on how the process was carried out by unofficial actors. The members of civil society, the booksellers, merchants and bookbinders who tried to circumvent the control to make profit out of these books. Thus, this work aims to shed light on the complete infrastructure, methods and consequences of control of the Reformed liturgical books in Philip II's territories during last decades of sixteenth century.

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