Download or read book When faith and science collide: To what extend were religious ideas central to the first trial of Galileo? written by Niklas Manhart and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2012-02-24 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject History Europe - Other Countries - Middle Ages, Early Modern Age, grade: 1,3, University College Cork (Department of History), course: Science and Religion, language: English, abstract: Throughout the centuries, the condemnation of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) by the Roman Inquisition has sparked a number of controversial interpretations. In this essay, I will try to assess if religious ideas were central to his first trial (roughly from 1611 to 1616), or whether personal grudges and ecclesiastical power politics were at the root of Galileo’s persecution.