Event Title
Description
The presentation discusses broader questions of the relationship between technology and freedom of expression in sixteenth-century Italy. It takes into account the Counter-Reformation context and its impact on Jewish printing and culture.
This presentation is for the following text(s):
- Responsa of Rabbenu Nissim of Gerona (1546)
- A ruling against rabbis who have sought to delay the printing of the Zohar (1558)
- The "imprimatur" by Isaac de Lattes (1558)
Streaming Media
Event Website
http://wesscholar.wesleyan.edu/emw/emw2009/
Start Date
24-8-2009 9:00 AM
Location
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies, Harvard University
Technology, Preservation, and Freedom of Expression: Isaac de Latters as Printer in Sixteenth-Century Italy
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies, Harvard University
The presentation discusses broader questions of the relationship between technology and freedom of expression in sixteenth-century Italy. It takes into account the Counter-Reformation context and its impact on Jewish printing and culture.
This presentation is for the following text(s):
- Responsa of Rabbenu Nissim of Gerona (1546)
- A ruling against rabbis who have sought to delay the printing of the Zohar (1558)
- The "imprimatur" by Isaac de Lattes (1558)
Click here to view the video presentation.
http://wesscholar.wesleyan.edu/emw/emw2009/emw2009/3
Comments
The video of Bernard Cooperman's presentation is also available on iTunes U the Early Modern Workshop track.