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The trial of Galileo, 1612-1633 / edited by Thomas F. Mayer.

Contributor(s): Language: English Original language: Latin Publisher: North York, Ontario : University of Toronto Press, [2012]Copyright date: ©2012Distributor: Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2013Description: 1 online resource (xii, 210 pages) : 1 illustrationContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442605206
  • 1442605200
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Trial of Galileo, 1612-1633DDC classification:
  • 345.45/6320288 23
LOC classification:
  • KBR128.5.G35 T75 2012eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Sunspot Letters : the cause of most of the trouble -- Formal proceedings begin -- The Inquisition and the Index take action -- Publication to Dialogue on the two chief world systems and the beginning of the trial's second phase -- Summons to Rome and Galileo's resistance -- Galileo arrives in Rome -- Formal proceedings resume -- Sentence and abjuration.
Summary: Examines Galileo's trial as a legal event. Includes correspondence, legal documents, transcripts and excerpts from Galileo's work for critical analysis of primary sources. Includes an introduction detailing Galileo's life and work, the Council of Trent, the role of the papacy and the Roman Inquisition and gives a clear explanation of how a trial before the Inquisition would have been conducted. Each primary source begins with a headnote, questions to guide students through each source and suggested readings.
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Primary source material translated from the Latin.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sunspot Letters : the cause of most of the trouble -- Formal proceedings begin -- The Inquisition and the Index take action -- Publication to Dialogue on the two chief world systems and the beginning of the trial's second phase -- Summons to Rome and Galileo's resistance -- Galileo arrives in Rome -- Formal proceedings resume -- Sentence and abjuration.

Examines Galileo's trial as a legal event. Includes correspondence, legal documents, transcripts and excerpts from Galileo's work for critical analysis of primary sources. Includes an introduction detailing Galileo's life and work, the Council of Trent, the role of the papacy and the Roman Inquisition and gives a clear explanation of how a trial before the Inquisition would have been conducted. Each primary source begins with a headnote, questions to guide students through each source and suggested readings.

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