This unique reader allows students to examine Galileo's trial as a
legal event and, in so doing, to learn about seventeenth-century
European religion, politics, diplomacy, bureaucracy, culture, and
science. Noted scholar of the trial Thomas F. Mayer has translated
correspondence, legal documents, transcripts, and excerpts from
Galileo's work to give students the opportunity to critically
analyze primary sources relating to Galileo's trial.
To help contextualize the trial, Mayer provides an introduction
that details 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. The
book includes a comprehensive cast of characters, a map of
Galileo's Rome, a chronology of Galileo's life, and a list of
secondary readings.
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