Habsburg Censorship and Literature in the Slovenian Lands

This article surveys the censorship in the Slovenian lands during the long period when they were part of the Habsburg Monarchy. In the early modern age, from the Reformation to the rule of Maria Theresa, censorship was primarily related to religion and was exerted by the Catholic Church (Index of Prohibited Books). However, in the second half of the eighteenth century, it was gradually secularized, coming to serve as a central tool of state control over the printed word in the course of the long nineteenth century. At the end of the article, possibilities for further synthetic studies are discussed.