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Author Feldhay, Rivka.

Title Galileo and the church : political inquisition or critical dialogue? / Rivka Feldhay
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995

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Description viii, 303 pages ; 24 cm
Contents Pt. I. The "Trials" of Galileo. 1. The Galileo Affair: Interpretation of a Historical Event. 2. 1616. 3. 1633 -- Pt. II. The Cultural Field of the Counter Reformation. 4. The Council of Trent: The Doctrinaire Phase of the Counter Reformation. 5. The Dominicans: A Traditional Intellectual Elite of the Catholic Church. 6. The Jesuits: An Alternative Intellectual Elite. 7. Freedom and Authority in Jesuit Culture. 8. The Thomist Boundaries of Jesuit Education. 9. Dominicans and Jesuits: A Struggle for Theological Hegemony -- Pt. III. Galileo and the Church. 10. Traditionalist Interpretations of Copernicanism: From an Unproven to an Unprovable Explanation. 11. Copernicanism and the Jesuits. 12. The Cultural Field of Galileo and the Jesuits. 13. The Dispute on Sunspots
Analysis Christianity Related to Science
Italy
Christianity Related to Science
Italy
Notes Errata slip inserted
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642 -- Religion.
Catholic Church -- Italy -- Rome -- History -- 17th century
Religion and science -- Italy -- History -- 17th century.
SUBJECT Italy -- Church history -- 17th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92002982
LC no. 94027117
ISBN 0521344689 (hardback)