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The Galileo Affair: A Documentary History

Finocchiaro, Maurice A. The Galileo Affair: A Documentary History. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989.

Why this matters here

Finocchiaro's documentary history assembles materials concerning the 1616 restrictions and Galileo's 1633 trial. The manuscript cites that record for the procedural conflict over public teaching and abjuration, distinguishing it from present-day judgments about scientific freedom.