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Contents List of Authors Preface Introduction Ernan McMullin Part One. The Storm Gathers 1. The Heliocentric "Heresy": From Suspicion to Condemnation Michel-Pierre Lerner 2. The Refusal to Accommodate: Jesuit Exegetes and the Copernican System Irving A. Kelter Part Two. The Storm Breaks 3. Setting the Stage: Galileo in Tuscany, the Veneto, and Rome Michael H. Shank 4. Galileo's Theological Venture Ernan McMullin 5. The Disputed Injunction and Its Role in Galileo's Trial Annibale Fantoli 6. The Church's Ban on Copernicanism, 1616 Ernan McMullin 7. New Light on the Galileo Affair? Mariano Artigas, Rafael MartÆnez, and William Shea 8. The Documents of Galileo's Trial: Recent Hypotheses and Historical Criticism Francesco Beretta 9. Galileo, Urban VIII, and the Prosecution of Natural Philosophers Francesco Beretta Part Three. The Aftermath 10. Galileo's Relapse: On the Publication of the Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina (1636) StÄphane Garcia 11. Censorship of Astronomy in Italy after Galileo John L. Heilbron 12. Galileo's "Rehabilitation": Elbow-Room in Theology Michael Sharratt 13. The Church's Most Recent Attempt to Dispel the Galileo Myth George V. Coyne, S.J. Selected Bibliography Index
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642.
Religion and science -- Italy -- History -- 17th century.
Catholic Church -- Italy -- Rome -- History -- 17th century.
Astronomy -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- 17th century.
Catholic Church -- Doctrines -- History -- 17th century.
Italy -- Church history -- 17th century.
Science, Renaissance.