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Inquisition
1633 Galileo Galilei is forced by Inquisition to "abjure, curse, and detest" his Copernican heliocentric views

1633 Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome for trial before Inquisition for professing belief that earth revolves around the Sun

1616 Spanish Inquisition delivers injunction to Galileo

1570 Antonio Paleario, Italian humanist, executed by inquisition at 67

1565 Compromise of the Nobles closes against inquisition

1550 Powers of Dutch inquisition extends

1542 Pope Paul III begins inquisition against Protestants (Sactum Officium)

1536 Mexico begins it's inquisition

1536 Pope Paul III installs Portugese inquisition

1526 Pope Clemens VII publishes degree Cum ad zero - forms Inquisition

1476 Paul IV, [Giampietro Caraffa], inquisition/Pope, 1555-59



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