Program

Research Programs: Translations

Period of Performance

9/1/1978 - 8/31/1979

Funding Totals

$12,612.00 (approved)
$12,612.00 (awarded)


HERESY TRIAL OF GALILEO, IN LETTERS OF THE PICCOLOMINI FAMILY: NEW PERSPECTIVE

FAIN: RL-*0010-79

SUNY Research Foundation, Albany (Albany, NY 12222-0001)
Thomas M. Barker (Project Director: May 1978 to October 1990)

This hitherto unknown correspondence establishes Galileo's trial to have been a result of political maneuvering rather than religious opposition.