Письма темных людей

V nachale XVI veka spor o sudʹbe evreĭskikh knig prevratilsi͡a v masshtabnoe intellektualʹnoe protivostoi͡anie, raskolovshee Evropu. Na ego fone rodilsi͡a odin iz samykh derzkikh tekstov ėpokhi - satiricheskiĭ sbornik "Pisʹma temnykh li͡udeĭ", stavshiĭ literaturnym otvetom na donosy, presledovanii͡a i popytki ogranichitʹ svobodu mysli i slova. Nastoi͡ashchee izdanie vozvrashchaet chitateli͡a k momentu, kogda borʹba vokrug rukopiseĭ i knig stala borʹboĭ za budushchee evropeĭskoĭ kulʹtury.Armen Zakhari͡an - filolog, avtor podkasta "Armen i Fëdor".Na oblozhke ispolʹzovana illi͡ustrat͡sii͡a iz knigi Ioganna Pfefferkorna "Strastnyĭ protest" (Kelʹn, 1521), izobrazhai͡ushchai͡a samogo Pfefferkorna i kaznʹ Ioganna Reĭkhlina; na zemle - ėkzempli͡ar osuzhdennogo sochinenii͡a Reĭkhlina "Glaznoe zerkalo"; Bavarskai͡a gosudarstvennai͡a biblioteka, Mi͡unkhen.

At the beginning of the 16th century, the dispute over the fate of Jewish books turned into a large-scale intellectual confrontation that split Europe. Against his background, one of the most daring texts of the era was born — the satirical collection Letters of Dark People, which became a literary response to denunciations, persecution, and attempts to restrict freedom of thought and speech. This edition brings the reader back to the moment when the struggle over manuscripts and books became a struggle for the future of European culture.Armen Zakharyan is a philologist, author of the podcast "Armen and Fedor".The cover uses an illustration from Johann Pfefferkorn's book "Passionate Protest" (Cologne, 1521), depicting Pfefferkorn himself and the execution of Johann Reuchlin; on the ground is a copy of Reuchlin's condemned work "The Eye Mirror"; Bavarian State Library, Munich.