ESS 362 / 562: History of Astronomy
Marc Gagné
Department of Geology and Astronomy
Boucher 215
West Chester University

mgagne@wcupa.edu

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Galileo's Inquisition

The Trial
Inquisition team
Defense team

Historical Info
The Dialogue...
A Catholic Perspective
Finocchiaro's text
Paolo Foscarini
Retrial of Galileo

History of Science
Oxford - Online Museum
Florence - Online Museum
Rice - Galileo Project

St. Andrews - Mathematics
Modern History Sourcebook

American Institute of Physics

 

The 2nd Inquisition of Galileo Galilei (1633)

Inquisition Team

  1. Inquisitors - Jeremy Dickson, Kristin Leung, Josh Pollack
  2. Papal Nuncio for Pope Urban VIII - Dan Stampone
  3. Archivist for the late Roberto Bellarmino - Stacey Flamm
  4. Melchior Inchofer (consultant on the Dialogue) - Dan Richards
  5. Zaccaria Pasqualigo (consultant on the Dialogue) - Chris Harman
  6. Tommaso Caccini (biblical expert) - Rich Scott
  7. Christoph Scheiner (Jesuit astronomer) - Rob Woolston
           
       

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