Galileo Galilei and the Roman Curia

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Author

Gebler, Karl von, 1850-1878

Title

Galileo Galilei and the Roman Curia From Authentic Sources

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Produced by ellinora and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

QB: Science: Astronomy

Subject

Astronomers -- Italy -- Biography

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 60215

Release Date

September 1, 2019

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.GALILEO GALILEI. — LETTER TO THE TRANSLATOR. — NOTE BY THE TRANSLATOR. — BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE OF THE AUTHOR. — PREFACE TO THE GERMAN EDITION. — CONTENTS. — WORKS CONSULTED. [5] — PART I. GALILEO’S EARLY YEARS, HIS IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES, AND FIRST CONFLICT WITH THE ROMAN CURIA. — CHAPTER I. EARLY YEARS AND FIRST DISCOVERIES.
2. 2.CHAPTER II. THE TELESCOPE AND ITS REVELATIONS.
3. 3.CHAPTER III. REMOVAL TO FLORENCE.
4. 4.CHAPTER IV. ASTRONOMY AND THEOLOGY.
5. 5.CHAPTER V. HOPES AND FEARS.
6. 6.CHAPTER VI. THE INQUISITION AND THE COPERNICAN SYSTEM, AND THE ASSUMED PROHIBITION TO GALILEO.
7. 7.CHAPTER VII. EVIL REPORT AND GOOD REPORT.
8. 8.CHAPTER VIII. THE CONTROVERSY ON COMETS.
9. 9.CHAPTER IX. MAFFEO BARBERINI AS URBAN VIII.
10. 10.CHAPTER X. PAPAL FAVOUR.
11. 11.PART II. PUBLICATION OF THE “DIALOGUES ON THE TWO PRINCIPAL SYSTEMS OF THE WORLD,” AND TRIAL AND CONDEMNATION OF GALILEO. — CHAPTER I. THE “DIALOGUES” ON THE TWO SYSTEMS.
12. 12.CHAPTER II. THE IMPRIMATUR FOR THE “DIALOGUES.”
13. 13.CHAPTER III. THE “DIALOGUES” AND THE JESUITS.
14. 14.CHAPTER IV. DISCOVERY OF THE ABSOLUTE PROHIBITION OF 1616.
15. 15.CHAPTER V. THE SUMMONS TO ROME.
16. 16.CHAPTER VI. GALILEO’S ARRIVAL AT ROME.
17. 17.CHAPTER VII. THE TRIAL BEFORE THE INQUISITION.
18. 18.CHAPTER VIII. THE TRIAL CONTINUED.
19. 19.CHAPTER IX. THE SENTENCE AND RECANTATION.
20. 20.CHAPTER X. CURRENT MYTHS.
21. 21.PART III. GALILEO’S LAST YEARS. — CHAPTER I. GALILEO AT SIENA AND ARCETRI.
22. 22.CHAPTER II. FAILING HEALTH AND LOSS OF SIGHT.
23. 23.CHAPTER III. LAST YEARS AND DEATH.
24. 24.APPENDIX. — I. HISTORY OF THE VATICAN MANUSCRIPT. [614] — II. DESCRIPTION OF THE VATICAN MANUSCRIPT. — III. ESTIMATE OF THE VATICAN MANUSCRIPT. — IV. GHERARDI’S COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTS. — V. DECRETVM [644] — VI. REMARKS ON THE SENTENCE AND RECANTATION. [646] — SENTENZA. — ABJURA DI GALILEO. — FOOTNOTES — INDEX.

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