Why did Roman Catholic church impose control over publishers and booksellers
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Roman Catholic Church impose control over publishers and booksellers because they fear that easier access to printed media change people's thoughts and make them rebellious and irriligious.
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(i) Printed religious literature stimulated a variety of interpretations of faith, even among the little educated working class in the early 16th century.
(ii) Manocchio, an Italian miller, reinterpreted the Bible in a way that enraged the Roman Catholic Church.
(iii) Such instances worried the Church about people reading the various interpretations of the religion and questioning the Church.
(iv) Hence, it imposed severe controls over publishers and booksellers and began maintaining an index of prohibited books.
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Children were prevented from reading novels because:
(i) Children would get carried away from their real surroundings into an imaginary world.
(ii) It was feared that children would stay away from normal, disciplined life and would become rebels.
(iii)The novels would have immoral influences on children and they would become corrupt.
(ii) Manocchio, an Italian miller, reinterpreted the Bible in a way that enraged the Roman Catholic Church.
(iii) Such instances worried the Church about people reading the various interpretations of the religion and questioning the Church.
(iv) Hence, it imposed severe controls over publishers and booksellers and began maintaining an index of prohibited books.
OR
Children were prevented from reading novels because:
(i) Children would get carried away from their real surroundings into an imaginary world.
(ii) It was feared that children would stay away from normal, disciplined life and would become rebels.
(iii)The novels would have immoral influences on children and they would become corrupt.
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