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Galileo Galilei and the Roman Curia

by Karl von Gebler

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  1. 1Letter to the Translator
  2. 2Note by the Translator
  3. 3Biographical Notice of the Author
  4. 4Preface to the German Edition
  5. 5Works Consulted
  6. 6Part I — Galileo’s Early Years, His Important Discoveries, and Firs…
  7. 7Chapter II — The Telescope and Its Revelations
  8. 8Chapter III — Removal to Florence
  9. 9Chapter IV — Astronomy and Theology
  10. 10Chapter V — Hopes and Fears
  11. 11Chapter VI — The Inquisition and the Copernican System, and the Ass…
  12. 12Chapter VII — Evil Report and Good Report
  13. 13Chapter VIII — The Controversy on Comets
  14. 14Chapter IX — Maffeo Barberini as Urban VIII
  15. 15Chapter X — Papal Favour
  16. 16Part II — Publication of the “Dialogues on the Two Principal System…
  17. 17Chapter II — The Imprimatur for the “Dialogues”
  18. 18Chapter III — The “Dialogues” and the Jesuits
  19. 19Chapter IV — Discovery of the Absolute Prohibition of 1616
  20. 20Chapter V — The Summons to Rome
  21. 21Chapter VI — Galileo’s Arrival at Rome
  22. 22Chapter VII — The Trial Before the Inquisition
  23. 23Chapter VIII — The Trial Continued
  24. 24Chapter IX — The Sentence and Recantation
  25. 25Chapter X — Current Myths
  26. 26Part III — Galileo’s Last Years
  27. 27Chapter II — Failing Health and Loss of Sight
  28. 28Chapter III — Last Years and Death
  29. 29Appendix
  30. 30II — Description of the Vatican Manuscript
  31. 31III — Estimate of the Vatican Manuscript
  32. 32IV — Gherardi’s Collection of Documents
  33. 33V — Decretvm
  34. 34VI — Remarks on the Sentence and Recantation

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