Rethinking 1633: Writing the Life of Galileo after the Trial. In 1633, astronomer and mathematician Galileo was put on trial by the Church for his heliocentric views. In this presentation, historian Paula Findlen discusses how 17th century biographers and Catholic scholars grappled with the controversy of Galileo's trial in their attempts to wri...
Creator:
Institute for Advanced Study
Contributor:
Findlen, Paula
Created:
2010-03-25
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Rethinking 1633: Writing the Life of Galileo after the Trial. In 1633, astronomer and mathematician Galileo was put on trial by the Church for his heliocentric views. In this presentation, historian Paula Findlen discusses how 17th century biographers and Catholic scholars grappled with the controversy of Galileo's trial in their attempts to wri...
Creator:
Institute for Advanced Study
Contributor:
Findlen, Paula
Created:
2010-03-25
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Ann Waltner talks to Peter Shea about Jesuit priest Matteo Ricci’s Kunyu wanguo quantu, or Map of the Ten Thousand Countries of the Earth (1602), the oldest surviving Chinese map to show the Americas.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Waltner, Ann
Created:
2010-07-29
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Carla Rahn Phillips talks to Peter Shea about her interest in the history of Early Modern Spain and the Atlantic, including maritime and naval history.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Phillips, Carla Rahn
Created:
2009-10-07
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Eric Dursteler talks to Peter Shea about formation of national and individual identities in the Early Modern Mediterranean, elaborating his research on the city of Venice and his book, "Renegade Women".
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Dursteler, Eric
Created:
2011-03-31
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Juliette Cherbuliez talks to Peter Shea about her interests in French Early Modern literature, the Medea myth, and stories of murder carried out by women, and how they frame our evaluations of violence. She also speaks about her educational ideals.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Cherbuliez, Juliette
Created:
2009-03-22
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
