Marion BRÉTÉCHÉ

An Associate Professor in Early Modern History at l’université d’Orléans, Marion Brétéché is a specialist on the French-language political press as well as the publication of political writing during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. She proposes an editorial, social, and political history of journalism in Europe, and studies the ramifications of printed and manuscript news items on society and government practices. As such, she also works on the political communication of states. Her research has led to a number of publications, including a book that was published in 2015 by Champ Vallon under the title Les compagnons de Mercure. Journalisme et politique dans l’Europe de Louis XIV.

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Anicet Charles Gabriel Lemonnier (1743-1824), Reading of Voltaire’s Tragedy L’orphelin de la Chine in Madame Geoffrin’s Salon, oil on canvas, 129.5 x 196 cm, 1812, Château de Malmaison. Source : Wikimedia Commons
“A number of those who practiced magic collected their books and burned them publicly.” The incident in which Saint Paul had books on magic burned (Acts of the Apostles 19:19) served as both a model and frontispiece for the Index of Forbidden Books, published on the orders of pope Benedict XIV in 1758. The Roman Index was the official list of books censored by the Catholic Church. © Private collection.

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