We have recently published volume 18 in the e-book series Uppsala Studies in Church History: Andreas Mazetti Petersson (ed.), Antonio Possevino’s Writings, Vol. II: Interdict Texts (1606-1607). The book consists of five texts in Italian written by or addressed to Jesuit Antonio Possevino (1533–1611) regarding the so-called Interdict Controversy of 1606 and 1607, which followed Pope Paul V placing an interdict on the Republic of Venice. The consequences were immediately felt since no sacraments could be administered within the confines of Venice’s vast territory. In response to the Interdict, the Venetian authorities expelled the members of the Society of Jesus, along with Theatines and Capuchins.

One aspect of the Controversy was the Guerra delle scritture (the War of Writings), in which several authors defended either the Holy See’s position or that of the Republic of Venice. Possevino was one of the most prolific writers who defended papal authority.

The five texts published in the volume are:

1. Lettera del Padre Antonio Possevino Giesuita al Padre Marc’Antonio Capello, minor Conventuale, con la risposta di detto padre.
2. Risposta d’un Dottore in Theologia ad una lettera scrittagli da un Reverendo suo Amico, Sopra il Breve di Censure dalla Santità di Papa Paolo V. publicate contro li Signori Venetiani. Et sopra la nullità di dette Censure, cavata dalla sacra Scrittura, dalli Santi Padri, & da altri Catolici Dottori.
3. Le Mentite Filoteane overo Invettiva di Giovanni Filoteo d’Asti. Contra la Republica Serenissima di Venetia, Confutata da Fulgentio Tomaselli, filosofo Albanese chiamato aliàs il Capelletto, à favore della istessa Serenissma Republica.
4. Risposta di Teodoro Eugenio di Famagosta all’avviso mandato fuori dal Signore Antonio Quirino Senatore Veneto, circa le ragioni, che hanno mosso la Santità di Paolo V. Pontefice à publicare l’Interdetto sopra tutto il Dominio Vinitiano.
5. Risposta del Sig. Paolo Anafesto all’avviso del Sig. Antonio Quirino, Nobili Venetiani, circa la scommunica della santità di Papa Paolo V contro il Duce, & Senato di Venetia

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We have recently published volume 17 in the e-book series Uppsala Studies in Church History: Andreas Mazetti Petersson (ed.), Antonio Possevino’s Writings, Vol. I: Apparato All’Historia (1598). This book will be followed by another volume of Jesuit Antonio Possevino’s (1533-1611) writings on the Venetian Interdict 1606-1607, which will be published as volume 18 in the same series.

The work’s full title is Apparato All’Historia di Tutte le Nationi et il Modo di Studiare la Geografia (Venice 1598). The main text comprises 270 leaves in octavo, preceded by 24 leaves with introductory matters ([24], 270, [2] fols.; a-c⁸ A-2L⁸). It is a manual on how to study history and geography. The Italian original text is preceded by the editor’s brief introduction in English.

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