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Burned Alive: Bruno, Galileo and the Inquisition

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by Alberto A. Martinez


  85, 108, 110, 126, 150, 220,

  Fifth Ecumenical Council 56, 58,

  245, 262

  123, 221, 225, 243

  339

  burned alive

  Finocchiaro, Maurice 48, 65, 77,

  and sins 213, 275–7, 270

  90–91

  on soul of the world 158–60,

  Firpo, Luigi 48, 68, 77, 147, 232

  254, 270

  Foscarini, Paolo 140–41, 149–52,

  on suns 9, 192, 217

  157–60, 164, 170, 179, 188,

  and transmigration 220, 245,

  196, 216, 227, 232, 240, 269,

  51, 254–5

  271, 275

  on trial 195–204, 209–14, 230,

  Froidmont, Libert 188–90, 196, 202,

  232, 238, 241, 273–4

  211, 217, 221, 223, 240–41, 243, Gassendi, Pierre 255–7

  263, 272

  Gatti, Hilary 169, 329

  Gaudenzi Paganino 251

  Galante, Livio 324, 325

  Gemma, Cornelius 108, 270

  Galileo Galilei 111, 138

  Gilbert, William 101–3, 172, 188,

  and Bellarmine 14, 130, 133,

  213, 216, 222–7, 231, 239, 262,

  136, 141, 145–6, 149, 151,

  270

  157–8, 161, 166, 172, 198,

  Gnostics 76, 98–9, 212, 229–30,

  201, 210, 246, 273–5

  243, 270

  compared to Bruno 7–11, 14,

  Granada Miguel 180, 312, 330

  100, 110–14, 164, 169,

  Gravina, Domenico 241

  207–9, 254, 261, 264, 270,

  Gregory of Nyssa 224, 234–5

  273–9

  and Campanella 117, 121–3,

  Harriot, Thomas 306

  147, 171–8, 183, 189, 193–4, Heck, Johann van 97–8, 137

  198, 205, 207, 216, 238, 241, Heilbron, John 195–6

  246, 261–2, 270, 276

  Hell

  and Copernicus 109, 111–12,

  Augustine on 94

  121, 137, 146, 157, 253,

  Bellarmine on 152–4, 248

  277

  Bruno on 36, 45, 57, 67, 80–81,

  death of 251–3

  85

  and Democritus 110, 114,

  Campanella on 118–19, 172–3,

  193–4, 197, 232

  210

  and Earth as star 157, 165,

  Copernicus in 128

  176, 186–7, 200, 213, 232

  Donne on 128–9

  and extraterrestrial life 10–11,

  and Earth’s motion 141, 205–6,

  137–8, 149–51, 174, 192,

  210

  196–7, 220, 238, 245, 262

  Inchofer on 205–6, 210

  and heresies 91, 157, 159, 174,

  location of 19, 21, 129, 141,

  192–3, 146, 208, 225, 230,

  152–3, 168, 172–3, 205,

  272, 274–8

  264

  and Inchofer 198–9, 203–5,

  on the Moon 129

  209–11, 216, 219–20, 263,

  philosophers in 21, 103

  272, 275

  and Pythagoras 18–19, 21,

  on Jesus Christ 254

  168–70, 173, 205–6, 210,

  and Jesuits 16, 130, 158, 200,

  264–5

  211, 215–42, 271–2

  resurrection from 31

  and Kepler 106–7, 162, 220

  Heraclides 18, 35, 55, 131, 136, 140,

  and Plato 106, 140, 192, 269

  218

  on Pythagoras 14, 27, 106, 140,

  Herbert, Algernon 262–3

  152, 162

  heresiarchs 45, 134, 221, 228, 233

  340

  Index

  heresies

  170, 184, 199, 146, 210,

  Bellarmine on 63–6, 71, 91,

  220–22, 225, 228–34, 240,

  123–4, 133–5, 145, 152–6,

  244, 255, 262, 267, 270–75

  169, 240, 248, 251, 258, 268, of soul of the world 51–2, 62,

  273, 275, 278

  64, 69–70, 80, 103, 124, 134,

  and Bruno 15, 28, 38–9, 43–5,

  157, 159, 225, 229, 234, 236,

  62–76, 79–87, 90–91, 94–9,

  242–3, 270, 275

  103, 141, 145–6, 150, 156,

  that souls are imprisoned in

  165, 183, 192–3, 208, 242,

  bodies 58, 85

  259, 267–8, 272–5

  that souls are sailors 58, 67, 85,

  and Campanella 117–20, 167,

  87, 153, 169

  171, 174–6, 178, 181, 183,

  that Sun, Moon, stars have souls

  233–4, 236, 241, 243–4

  56, 122–3, 225, 243

  discussed 8, 17, 20, 22, 26–8, 39, theory of the antipodes 97, 245

  59, 62, 72–4, 91, 103, 191,

  of the Sun’s immobility, 91, 142,

  197, 208, 239–46, 259–60,

  148, 152, 245–6, 274

  268, 277

  of transmigration of souls 17,

  of Earth’s motion 16, 86, 109,

  58, 62, 66–7, 76, 85–6, 123,

  124, 128, 139, 142, 157,

  167–8, 178, 180, 241, 243–4,

  171, 179, 188–9, 211, 222,

  260

  228–30, 240–41, 245–6

  Herodotus 18, 185

  that everyone is saved 67, 81,

  Hermes Trismegistus 22, 31, 62, 90,

  92–4, 128–9

  102, 183, 222, 224–5

  and Galileo 91, 157, 159, 174,

  Hermias 127, 207–8, 257

  192–3, 146, 208, 225, 230,

  Hicetas of Syracuse 54, 109, 124,

  272, 274–8

  140

  and Inchofer 205, 211–12, 216,

  Hippolytus 17, 19, 21, 43, 51–5, 59,

  219–22, 224, 228–32, 243,

  135, 161, 163, 179, 194, 229,

  275

  224, 243, 264, 269

  existence of many worlds

  Holste, Lucas 184–6, 197, 199, 210,

  59–62, 64, 72–3, 84–5,

  263, 272, 278

  94–9, 125, 141, 150–1, 158,

  Holy Spirit

  162, 171, 174–5, 181, 188,

  and Bruno 52, 64–5, 68, 80, 86,

  192–4, 219, 230, 239, 241–2,

  92–3, 97, 116, 126, 159, 168,

  244–5, 255, 259, 262, 275

  242, 246, 268, 271

  that matter is eternal 16, 38–9,

  as divine guide 66, 189

  46, 48, 51, 58–9, 62, 65–6,

  and heresies 52, 64–6, 69–70,

  84, 92, 103, 124–5, 130, 199,

  103, 134, 145, 159, 242, 275

  230, 265

  as soul of the world 52, 64–5,

  of Novatian 67–70, 87, 153,

  80, 86, 92–3, 103, 108

  270, 292

  Horky, Martinus 114, 137

  of Origen 56, 61–2, 94, 122–3,

  128, 153, 156, 225, 243–4

  Iamblichus 56, 66, 100, 162, 168,

  of philosophers 20, 51, 94, 103,

  169, 184, 235, 242

  125, 127, 130, 136, 154–6,

  Ignatius of Loyola 128–9, 144, 181,

  169, 184–5, 242, 244, 265

  303

  Pythagorean 19, 27, 43, 57,

  Inchofer, Melchior

  62, 80, 84–7, 91–3, 99, 125,

  and Barberini, Francesco 203,

  136, 152–3, 157, 161, 167,

  210, 215, 258

  341

  burned alive

  and Bruno 205, 207, 209, 216,

  70, 84–7, 91, 111, 136, 142,

  230–32

  145, 148, 193, 240–41,

  denies Earth’s motion 204–11,

  273–4
/>   213, 217, 221–2, 246

  of Florence 142, 193, 253

  against Galileo 198–9, 203–5,

  of Modena 114

  209–11, 216, 219–20, 263,

  of Naples 28, 115, 117–21,

  272, 275

  171–2, 183

  on heresies 211, 219, 220–25,

  origins of 26

  228–30, 240, 243, 245, 263,

  of Rome 14, 26–8, 44–101, 127,

  278

  136, 140, 142–52, 160, 169,

  and the Jesuits 258

  182–279

  against the new Pythagoreans

  of Spain 259–60

  (Copernicans) 199, 203–32,

  and torture 70–71, 88, 101,

  240, 263, 272

  117–21, 182–3, 200, 251

  denies other worlds 208–9, 213, of Venice 37–45, 47, 63, 88, 92,

  216–20, 241

  94, 101

  and Riccardi 198, 200, 272

  see also Bellarmine

  denies the soul of the world

  see also Sfondrato

  206, 209–10, 220–26, 229,

  Irenaeus, St 58, 66, 94, 152–3, 230,

  243, 246

  234, 243, 265

  Index of Forbidden Books

  Isidore, St 60–61, 66–7, 162, 212,

  banned Aventinus 188, 217

  219, 241, 244, 265

  and Barberini, Maffeo 143, 170

  Isocrates 18

  and Bellarmine 56, 124, 134–5,

  150–52, 158, 163, 248

  Jerome, St 17, 28, 53–4, 58–62, 66,

  and Bruno 9, 11, 17, 30, 70–71,

  94–5, 133, 135, 153–6, 169, 181,

  120, 123, 151, 169–70

  184–5, 218, 230, 241, 258, 265,

  banned Campanella 120, 179

  270

  and Copernicus 151, 164–5,

  Jesuits

  179, 227–8, 239–40, 246

  against Galileo 16, 130, 158,

  banned Erasmus 28

  200, 211, 215–42, 271–2

  banned Fludd 243

  origins of 20, 128

  banned Foscarini 149–51, 157,

  ridiculed 127–30

  160, 179, 271, 275

  see also Bellarmine, Caussin,

  and Galileo 197, 214, 217

  Clavius, Pineda, Valentia,

  banned Kepler 163, 179

  Delrio, Ignatius, Inchofer,

  origins of 26–7

  Lagalla, Lapide, La Cazre,

  banned ‘Pythagorean’ works 14,

  Possevino, Ricci, Rubio,

  151, 163–4, 170, 179, 227–8,

  Romaeus, Scheiner,

  239–40, 246, 271, 274–5

  Serarius

  approved Schoppe 169

  Jesus Christ

  and Sfondrato 145, 150, 152

  and Bruno 15, 30, 33, 37, 39,

  banned Stellato 53

  45–6, 62, 65, 67, 80, 82–3,

  banned Telesio 117

  90, 92, 94, 127, 181, 260

  Ingoli, Francesco 243

  many Christs 61

  Inquisition

  and Galileo 254

  consultants of 198–9, 204, 212,

  in Hell 172

  232, 272

  and magic 38, 83, 88, 92, 127,

  consultors of 27, 47, 63–7,

  272

  342

  Index

  and miracles 22, 38, 83, 88, 92,

  Lorini, Niccolò 137, 139–40, 142,

  181, 247, 272, 278

  146

  and Porphyry 20, 266–7

  Lucian of Samosata 29, 34, 59, 62,

  compared to Pythagoras 8, 19,

  100, 104, 161, 242, 244–5

  22, 33, 43, 53, 66, 92–3, 118, Luther, Martin 16, 22–3, 36, 79,

  153, 167, 246, 264–5, 270

  91–2, 96, 98–9, 103, 127, 134,

  as sailor in a ship 169

  152, 163, 169–70, 182, 259–60,

  as soul of the world 323

  271–2

  and the Trinity 38, 45, 69, 118

  conflated with the world 236

  Macrobius 53, 185, 264

  and worlds 61, 164, 174–5, 181, Madruzzo, Cardinal Lodovico 93, 96

  213, 219, 259–60

  Maestlin 103, 114, 188, 238

  John of Damascus, St 224, 225

  magic 16, 19, 22, 30–31, 35–8, 42,

  Justin Martyr 51, 53, 57, 135, 169,

  62, 76–8, 81–3, 88, 90–92, 115,

  258

  127, 137, 166, 170, 174, 183,

  185, 197, 231–6, 263, 266, 272

  Kepler, Johannes

  Mani 98, 216, 220–21, 243

  and Bruno 9–11, 16, 100, 106,

  Manichaeans 98–9, 183, 216, 220,

  108–9, 130, 133–4, 163–4

  229, 243, 262

  death of 184, 216

  Marius, Simon 138

  denounced 134, 139, 163–4,

  Martínez, Rafael 214

  170, 179, 188–90, 210, 213,

  Mayer, Thomas F. 39, 45, 91, 300

  216–20, 228

  Mersenne, Marin 180–81, 223, 223,

  on Earth’s motion 104–5, 109,

  272

  162–3, 253

  Metrodorus 98, 218, 296

  and Galileo 106–7, 162, 220

  Mocenigo, Giovanni 37–8, 44–5, 47,

  as Pythagoras reborn 105

  65–6, 80–82, 94, 156, 158

  on the Pythagoreans 136–7,

  Moon

  152, 162–3, 242, 268–9

  as another Earth 15, 40, 59,

  and the soul of the world 134,

  64, 101, 110, 113, 121, 128,

  159, 162–3, 166, 188, 190,

  131–3, 164, 177, 190, 219,

  239, 243, 270

  222–3, 269, 274

  on transmigration 105–6

  demons on 19, 100, 104, 129,

  and worlds 103–10, 113–14,

  132, 266

  131, 162, 164, 176, 179, 220, Hell on 129

  238, 242, 261–2

  and heresy 56, 59–60, 64, 97,

  118, 123, 137–8, 165, 188,

  La Cazre, Pierre 255–6

  196–7, 217, 219, 225, 241,

  Lactantius 23, 53, 58, 95, 109, 135,

  244–5, 261–2

  152, 156, 164, 169, 171, 184–5,

  inhabited 11, 19, 34, 59, 100,

  217, 225, 234, 236, 272

  104, 108, 110, 113–14, 124,

  Lagalla, Giulio Cesare 130–33, 137,

  128–9, 131–3, 137–8, 143,

  158, 162, 169, 242

  150, 176, 181, 184, 192,

  Lansberge, Philippe van 216, 221–2,

  196–7, 209, 213, 219–20,

  226

  223, 238–9, 245, 262, 264,

  Lapide, Cornelius 253–4

  269

  Leucippus 98, 100, 136, 140, 164, 218

  mountains on 10–11, 15, 110,

  Longomontanus, Christen Sørensen

  113–14, 121, 127–8, 130–32,

  169

  141–3, 150, 175, 190, 219

  343

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  soul of 41, 55–6, 102, 123–4,

  234, 238, 262

  133, 153, 220, 223–5, 243,

  Osiander, Andreas 134, 170, 228

  264

  Ovid 18, 21, 30, 44, 54, 62, 124, 166,

  travel to 18, 104, 129, 185, 266,

  171, 173, 212, 239, 266

  275

  two or many 10, 35, 59–60, 97,

  Padiglia, Placido 125–6, 137, 270

  110–13, 130, 138, 141, 145,

  Pamelius, Jacob 69

  165, 187–8, 194, 213, 217,

  Petreto, Augustino 103, 145, 159,

  261, 266

  270

  Morhoff, Daniel 260–62

  Philaster, St 59, 6
1, 91, 95, 152, 169,

  Morin, Jean­Baptiste 189–90

  194, 212, 219, 221, 229, 241,

  Moses 33, 45, 77, 80–81, 90–92,

  262

  118, 125, 147, 164, 177, 205–7,

  Philolaus 23–4, 35, 54–5, 124, 131,

  236–9

  133, 136, 140, 166, 173, 222

  Muti, Cardinal Tiberio 150–51, 172, Philostratus 31, 37, 43, 55, 66, 135,

  245

  154–5, 169, 185, 210, 266, 269

  Muti, Giacomo 150–51, 172, 245

  Photius 125

  Piccolomini, Francesco 100–101,

  Nancel, Nicholas de 136–7, 162,

  159, 162, 242, 270

  194, 242

  Pico della Mirandola 22, 169, 235

  Naudé, Gabriel 244–5, 272, 278

  Pineda, Juan de 102, 121

  Newton, Isaac 254–5

  Plato 21–3, 60, 102, 105, 116, 133–4,

  Niccolini, Francesco 194–5, 198,

  154, 162, 184, 219, 222, 235

  200, 252–3

  Bruno on 35, 37, 42, 55, 155

  Nicholas of Cusa 24–5, 35, 55, 113,

  criticized 21, 35, 53, 156, 208,

  130, 172, 238, 261–2

  229, 233, 242–3

  Novatian, Bishop 67–70, 87, 134,

  on Earth’s motion 55, 140, 173

  153, 159, 162, 270

  Galileo and 106, 140, 192, 269

  and heresies 229, 242, 243

  Origen Adamantius

  and Pythagoras 18, 56, 105–6,

  and the animal Earth 122, 225,

  112, 238, 269

  239, 243

  on the soul of the world 42, 51,

  Bruno on 37, 62, 94, 231

  102, 116, 124, 243

  on Earth’s motion 122, 173,

  on souls 37, 53, 244, 87, 156,

  212

  183

  and heresies 56, 58, 59, 94,

  on the universe 33

  123, 128, 153, 221–2, 225,

  on worlds 238

  232, 243–4

  Pliny 97, 133, 169, 171, 177, 186,

  and Kepler 162

  236

  vs the Pythagoreans 53, 122

  Plotinus 56, 116, 133–4, 162, 169,

  soul of the world 122–3, 156,

  210, 235, 257

  210, 221–2, 224–5, 234, 239, Plutarch and ‘Plutarch’ 19, 23, 30,

  243, 270

  100, 104–5, 110, 113, 124, 127,

  on Sun, Moon, stars 56, 122–3,

  131–3, 161, 169 177, 185, 202,

  156, 168, 216, 224–5, 243

  210, 218, 235, 238, 242

  on worlds 59, 61–2, 96, 136,

  Popes

  172, 181, 218–19, 231

  Clement i 43

  Orpheus 21, 87, 101–2, 127, 131,

  Clement viii 45, 60, 63, 67, 70,

  133, 164, 212, 222, 224, 226,

  82, 91, 93, 97, 119, 123

  344

  Index

  Dionysius 59

  and Hell 18–19, 21, 168–70,

  Gregory xiii 61,

  173, 205–6, 210, 264–5

  Innocent ii 52

  and Inchofer 199, 205–32, 263

  John xxi 51

  Kepler on 105–6, 112–13,

  Leo x 23, 103, 170,

  162–3, 268–9

  Leo xiii 47

  and the Lincei 137

 

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