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On the censorship of Tycho Brahe's books in Iberia.

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  • Author(s): Tirapicos L;Tirapicos L
  • Source:
    Annals of science [Ann Sci] 2020 Jan; Vol. 77 (1), pp. 96-107. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Mar 11.
  • Publication Type:
    Biography; Historical Article; Journal Article
  • Language:
    English
  • Additional Information
    • Source:
      Publisher: Taylor & Francis Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 0372361 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1464-505X (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00033790 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Ann Sci
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: London : Taylor & Francis
    • Subject Terms:
      Censorship, Research* ; Religion and Science*; Astronomy/*history ; Christianity/*history; History, 16th Century ; History, 17th Century ; History, 18th Century ; Portugal ; Spain
    • Subject Terms:
      Brahe T
    • Abstract:
      It is known that throughout the seventeenth century the world system proposed by Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) assumed a preponderant position in the Iberian cosmological debate, according to many opinions the one showing the best agreement to empirical evidence. Moreover, the Tychonian model (or variants thereof) did not present the difficulties of apparent contradiction with scriptures, as the heliocentric system of Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) did, since it kept the earth fixed at the centre of the world. However, Tycho, as a Lutheran author, was targeted by the Inquisition. Passages of various works of the Danish astronomer were included in the Spanish Indices of 1632, 1640 and 1707, although the formal condemnation of the Roman Inquisition never materialized. In the network of the Society of Jesus a seemingly informal censorship also circulated, apparently based on Tridentine determinations, published in 1651 in the influential work of Giambattista Riccioli (1598-1671) Almagestum novum . In this paper I will discuss the scope, effects and limitations of the censorship of Tycho's scientific books in Portugal and Spain, through the analysis of several annotated copies, preserved manly in Iberian libraries, with a special attention to books with a well-established provenance in past Jesuit colleges.
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: Iberia; Inquisition; Tychonic cosmology; astronomy; book censorship
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20200312 Date Completed: 20200828 Latest Revision: 20200828
    • Publication Date:
      20231215
    • Accession Number:
      10.1080/00033790.2020.1714298
    • Accession Number:
      32159442