10 Shocking and Outrageous Trials in History

6. Galileo Galilei:

Galileo Galilei, ‘the Father of Modern Science’ was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution. He is best known for his theories of celestial motion, which contradicted the view that the Earth was fixed in the heavens and all other heavenly bodies revolved around it. Over his support for this, Galileo came into conflict with the Catholic Church which was followed by a sequence of events since 1610. In 1633, the Roman Inquisition tried Galileo and found him ‘gravely suspect of heresy’, sentencing him to indefinite imprisonment. This was consequently substituted to house arrest, where he remained for the rest of his life. The result is a tragedy that marks both the end of Galileo's liberty and the end of Italian Renaissance.

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