The Roman Inquisition : : Trying Galileo / / Thomas F. Mayer.
Few legal events loom as large in early modern history as the trial of Galileo. Frequently cast as a heroic scientist martyred to religion or as a scapegoat of papal politics, Galileo undoubtedly stood at a watershed moment in the political maneuvering of a powerful church. But to fully understand h...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2015] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Haney Foundation Series
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. The Florentine Opposition
- Chapter 2. Formal Proceedings Begin (late 1614-mid-February 1616)
- Chapter 3. The Precept of 26 February 1616
- Chapter 4. The Legal Meaning of 1616: The Jurisprudence and Use of Admonitions and Precepts
- Chapter 5. The Beginning of the End
- Chapter 6. The Second Phase of Galileo's Trial Begins
- Chapter 7. The End
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Frequency of Precepts
- List of Abbreviations
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- Acknowledgments
- Editor's Note