Galileo Galilei and the Roman Curia
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1. GALILEO GALILEI.2. LETTER TO THE TRANSLATOR.3. NOTE BY THE TRANSLATOR.4. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE OF THE AUTHOR.5. PREFACE TO THE GERMAN EDITION.6. WORKS CONSULTED.[5]7. CHAPTER I. EARLY YEARS AND FIRST DISCOVERIES.8. CHAPTER II. THE TELESCOPE AND ITS REVELATIONS.9. CHAPTER III. REMOVAL TO FLORENCE.10. CHAPTER IV. ASTRONOMY AND THEOLOGY.11. CHAPTER V. HOPES AND FEARS.12. CHAPTER VI. THE INQUISITION AND THE COPERNICAN SYSTEM, AND THE ASSUMED PROHIBITION TO GALILEO.13. CHAPTER VII. EVIL REPORT AND GOOD REPORT.14. CHAPTER VIII. THE CONTROVERSY ON COMETS.15. CHAPTER IX. MAFFEO BARBERINI AS URBAN VIII.16. CHAPTER X. PAPAL FAVOUR.17. CHAPTER I. THE “DIALOGUES” ON THE TWO SYSTEMS.18. CHAPTER II. THE IMPRIMATUR FOR THE “DIALOGUES.”19. CHAPTER III. THE “DIALOGUES” AND THE JESUITS.20. CHAPTER IV. DISCOVERY OF THE ABSOLUTE PROHIBITION OF 1616.21. CHAPTER V. THE SUMMONS TO ROME.22. CHAPTER VI. GALILEO’S ARRIVAL AT ROME.23. CHAPTER VII. THE TRIAL BEFORE THE INQUISITION.24. CHAPTER VIII. THE TRIAL CONTINUED.25. CHAPTER IX. THE SENTENCE AND RECANTATION.26. CHAPTER X. CURRENT MYTHS.27. CHAPTER I. GALILEO AT SIENA AND ARCETRI.28. CHAPTER II. FAILING HEALTH AND LOSS OF SIGHT.29. CHAPTER III. LAST YEARS AND DEATH.30. APPENDIX.31. INDEX.