The Great Trials of World History and the Lessons They Teach Us

The Trial of Giordano Bruno

Educational Dec 8, 2017 28 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

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S1 E5: What made Giordano Bruno's ideas on natural philosophy so dangerous to 16th-century thought? Why does his execution represent a failure of the Roman Inquisition to perform its mission to admonish, not punish? What impact did this trial have on another heresy case fifteen years later: that of Galileo?

Educational Dec 8, 2017 28 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

TV-PG

Information

Released: 2017
Run Time: 28 min
Rated: TV-PG

Languages

Original Audio: English
Audio: English (AAC), English (United States)
Subtitles: English (CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.