Retrying Galileo, 1633-1992

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PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Introduction. The Galileo Affair from Descartes to John Paul II: A Survey of Sources, Facts, and Issues; 1. The Condemnation of Galileo (1633); 1.1 "Vehemently Suspected of Heresy": The Inquisition's Sentence (1633); 1.2 "I Abjure, Curse, and Detest": Galileo's Abjuration (1633); 1.3 "Suspended until Corrected": The Index's Anti-Copernican Decree (1616); 1.4 "Hypothesis versus Assertion": The Index's Correction of Copernicus's Revolutions (1620); 2. Promulgation and Diffusion of the News (1633-1651). 2.1 Nuncios and Inquisitors: Pope Urban VIII's Orders (July 1633)2.2 Professors of Mathematics and Philosophy: Guiducci's Report (August 1633); 2.3 Printed Posters and Flyers: Carafa's Liège Notification (September 1633); 2.4 Private Correspondence: Buonamici's Account (July 1633); 2.5 Newspapers and Books: From Renaudot's Abridgment (1633) to Riccioli's Documents (1651); 3. Emblematic Reactions: Descartes, Peiresc, Galileo's Daughter (1633-1642); 3.1 The End of the World: Descartes (1633-1644); 3.2 Sharing Misery: Galileo's Daughter (1633). 3.3 "The Mirrour of True Nobility & Gentility": Peiresc's Plea (1634-1635)3.4 "No Pardon to Innocents": Galileo (1634-1642); 4. Polarizations: Secularism, Liberalism, Fundamentalism (1633-1661); 4.1 States versus Church; 4.2 "Philosophic Freedom": From Strasbourg (1635-1636) to London (1644-1661); 4.3 Illegitimate Births, Burials, and Books: Various Retrials to Riccioli's Apology (1651); 5. Compromises: Viviani, Auzout, Leibniz (1654-1704); 5.1 Galileo "Human Not Divine": Vincenzio Viviani (1654-1693); 5.2 The Ghost of Bellarmine: Adrien Auzout (1665); 5.3 Diplomacy Fails: Leibniz (1679-1704). 6. Myth-making or Enlightenment?: Pascal, Voltaire, the Encyclopedia (1657-1777)6.1 From Copernicanism to Jansenism: Pascal (1657) and Arnauld (1691); 6.2 From Prison to Biblical Satire: Un-Enlightened Myths (1709-1773); 6.3 Whose Ignorance and Prejudice? Voltaire (1728-1770); 6.4 "Theology's War on Science": D'Alembert and the French Encyclopedia (1751-1777); 7. Incompetence or Enlightenment? Pope Benedict XIV (1740-1758); 7.1 Galileo's Dialogue Unbanned, Sort Of: Toaldo's Edition and Calmet's Introduction (1741-1744); 7.2 Copernicanism Unbanned, Sort Of: Lazzari's Consultant Report (1757). 8. New Lies, Documents, Myths, Apologies (1758-1797)8.1 Dishonorable "Onorato": Gaetani's Forged Letter (1770-1785); 8.2 Undiplomatic Diplomat: Guicciardini's 1616 Report Published (1773); 8.3 From One Extreme to Another: Mallet du Pan's Formative Myth (1784-1797); 8.4 "Spots in the Sun": Tiraboschi's Brilliant Apology (1792-1793); 9. Napoleonic Wars and Trials (1810-1821); 9.1 The Trial Proceedings to Paris: Napoleon's Publication Plan (1810-1814); 9.2 Lost and Found: Marini's Efforts (1814-1817); 9.3 The Napoleonic Translations: Delambre's Finding (1820)