Galileo Galilei's Scientific Revolution

From his work in various fields such as astronomy, mathematics, and philosophy, Galileo Galilei is widely known as one of the key individuals of the Renaissance era’s Scientific Revolution, What many people do not know, however, is that Galileo was a victim of the Roman Inquisition. The documents of this trial, named “From the Later-Trial Documents (1632-33)”, were requested to be recorded by His Holiness Pope Urban VIII, and written mostly by the Holy Order. Galileo may have also written, or at least dictated, portions of the document such as his abjuration. Galileo was brought to trial in 1632 for disobeying papacy’s orders dating back to 1616 and the views presented in his book, known simply as Dialogue in the trial documents, which the Holy Order considered heresy. The documents, most likely written in Rome from September of 1632 to June 1633, were ordered by His Holiness, but other than keeping record of the trial, the reasoning behind the creation of the document is unclear. The current political situation in Europe - The Thirty Years War, The …show more content…
Galileo was told both in writing and verbally,that he cannot support or hold the heliocentric model as his opinion, and Galileo promised he would follow these orders. This controversy came back to life in 1630, when Galileo visited Rome to see approval to publish Dialogue, where his book was reviewed and given the imprimatur for Rome. Before the book was able to be published in Rome, Galileo returned to Florence and requested the book be published there, which it was, but with the imprimatur of both Rome and Florence, which resulted in Galileo’s first