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5. Montaigne was banned in France

Sat Sep 28, 2013, 04:11 PM

Sep 2013

The Church decided he didn't give Mankind sufficient credit for general awesomeness. He was proscribed for more than 150 years.

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It is Banned Book week! [View all] JitterbugPerfume Sep 2013 OP

I am less interested in the books on banned lists Curmudgeoness Sep 2013 #1

Ralph Elison's Invisible Man, recently banned in N.C. Agnosticsherbet Sep 2013 #2

As I Lay Dying, by Faulkner Tindalos Sep 2013 #3

I tried to reread The Rosy Crucifixion pscot Sep 2013 #4

Montaigne was banned in France pscot Sep 2013 #5

Does this mean *I* get to ban a book? SheilaT Sep 2013 #6

I took a class on Obscene Literature in college jeffrey_pdx Sep 2013 #7