RT Review
T1 The Roman Inquisition: A Papal Bureaucracy and Its Laws in the Age of Galileo
JF A journal of church and state
VO 56
IS 4
SP 769
OP 771
A1 Carroll, William E.
LA English
PB Oxford University Press
YR 2014
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1783939451
AB Commentary on the Roman Inquisition frequently involves references to one of the more famous cases that came before it, the trial (processo) and condemnation of Galileo. Since the story—real and imagined—of Galileo's encounter with the Inquisition is so much a part of what the modern world understands to be a conflict between religious authority and scientific advance, it is difficult to address the historical issues that are crucial for an adequate understanding of the Inquisition's structure and practices. Thomas Mayer's book, the first of what is to be three volumes (a second on the Inquisition throughout Italy and a third on the Galileo case itself), is a rich source of information about the Roman Inquisition from the late sixteenth century to 1640.
K1 Rezension
DO 10.1093/jcs/csu090