1. Galileo: life - part III - 1 Galileo: Life Galileo: life - Part III

2. Galileo: life - part III - 2 Galileo: Life The Condemnation of 1616 –Galileo while on a social visit to Rome, was called before Cardinal Bellarmine (Bellarmino) and, at the Pope’s instructions, was informed of the forthcoming

3. Galileo: life - part III - 3 Galileo: Life condemnation of Copernicanism & was ordered to no longer teach and defend the theory. –Galileo acquiesced to the order.

4. Galileo: life - part III - 4 Galileo: Life yMichael Sharratt observes that “it was the intervention of the Inquisition and the Index in 1616 that was at the root of the trouble [the later trial]. That was when it all went wrong.... “ (131). (Michael Sharratt. Galileo: Decisive Innovator Cambridge UP, 1994)

5. Galileo: life - part III - 5 Galileo: Life –The next day, the Congregation of the Index issued a public condemnation of the Copernican theory. –In 1623, Pope Gregory XV died; Matteo Barbarini elected new pope & took the name of Urban VIII.

6. Galileo: life - part III - 6 Galileo: Life –Galileo was acquainted with him through previous visits to Rome. In 1624, Galileo visited Urban VIII six times.

7. Galileo: life - part III - 7 Galileo: Life –In 1632, on the assumption that there was a new spirit of openness in Rome, Galileo published the Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief Systems--Ptolemaic and Copernican.

8. Galileo: life - part III - 8 Galileo: Life –Contains a strong defense of the Copernican theory, albeit disguised in the dialogue form. Defends Copernicanism with “Galilean relativity.” Proposes a version of the principle of inertia.

9. Galileo: life - part III - 9 Galileo: Life –Galileo miscalculated the mood in Rome. –In 1632, he was ordered to appear before the Roman Inquisition. –Trial began in early 1633. To life, part IV