Trial of Giordano Bruno

The Trial of Giordano Bruno provides English audiences with a complete and updated reconstruction of the inquisitorial trial by analysing the accusations, witnesses, and legal proceedings in detail.

List of contents

Chapter 1 "My Profession Has Been and Is Letters and All Science". Profile of a Defendant / Chapter 2 The Circle Closes / Chapter 3 Return to the Past / Chapter 4 The Machine of the Inquisition / Chapter 5 The End in the Beginning / Chapter 6 The Stalemate / Chapter 7 In the Prisons of the Inquisition / Chapter 8 Before the Throne of Peter / Chapter 9 The Choice / Chapter 10 The Mysteries of the Capuchin / Chapter 11 The Summer of 1599 / Chapter 12 "Perhaps it is with greater fear that you pronounce the sentence against me..." / Epilogue. On the Ground of Truth

About the author

Germano Maifreda is Professor of Economic History at the Università degli Studi di Milano.

Summary

The Trial of Giordano Bruno provides English audiences with a complete and updated reconstruction of the inquisitorial trial by analysing the accusations, witnesses, and legal proceedings in detail.

Product details

• Authors: Germano Maifreda, Germano (Universita Degli Studi DI Milan Maifreda, Maifreda Germano
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.01.2024
• EAN: 9781032286792
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3228679-2
• No. of pages: 258
• Series: Routledge Research in Early Modern History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Europe, European History, LAW / Criminal Law / General, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Criminal law & procedure, General & world history, Social and cultural history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, General and world history, European history: Renaissance, HISTORY / Europe / Renaissance, Criminal law: procedure and offences