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The History of Book Burning

By Lesa Brooks
  • 221 BC
    221

    221 BC

    Qin Shi Huang burned the scholars books because they interfered with his beliefs
  • 48 BC
    222

    48 BC

    In 48 BC in the library of Alexandria was burned during the Roman campaign was believed to be burnt bu Julius Ceaser himself
  • 600 B.C.
    Oct 5, 600

    600 B.C.

    King Jehoiakim wanted to destroy the Prohpets wisdom.
  • The Talmud
    Oct 2, 1242

    The Talmud

    The Talmud (at Paris,France) about 12000 Talmud Books were burnt by the French.
  • The search For Heresy
    Oct 2, 1244

    The search For Heresy

    St. Dominic was searching the books for heresy.
  • 1248 AD
    Oct 5, 1248

    1248 AD

    Paris Trials - Christians in Paris burned the Talmud because they thought it was blasphemy.
  • 1480 The search for Heresy
    Oct 5, 1480

    1480 The search for Heresy

    Saint Dominic searching for books of Heresy
  • 1549 AD Mexico
    Oct 5, 1549

    1549 AD Mexico

    Spanish Empire
  • 1560 AD The Americas
    Oct 5, 1560

    1560 AD The Americas

    Americans, Conquistadors, Catholic Priests Burned books because they saw them as superstitious and contained lies of the Devil
  • 1649 AD Turkey

    1649 AD Turkey

    The Talmud was burned
  • 1679 The United States

    1679 The United States

    William Pynchon Wrote a book titled "Meritorous Price Of Our Redemption" Because he believed in Witchcraft
  • 1812 BRITISH

    1812 BRITISH

    brit burnt books
  • 1813 BRITISH

    1813 BRITISH

    TRIED TO BURN DOWN US CAPT.USINING LIBARY BOOKS
  • 1933 Hitler

    1933 Hitler

    Hitler burnt books, preferbly catholics and jews.
  • 2007

    2007

    Harry Potter books were burned because they were viewed as witchcraft
  • 2015 - ISIS

    2015 - ISIS

    ISIS burns books of other religions.
  • 2001

    2001

    Harry Potter books were viewed as satanic