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[Peter1469]

Giordano Bruno (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giordano_Bruno)was burned at the stake on this day in 1600 in Rome at the Campo de Fiori. His sentence resulted more from his Hermetic beliefs than his scientific views.

The last time I was in Rome I stayed at apartments very close to the Campo de Fiori. Oddly, I didn't take pictures there....

[Green Arrow]

I've always been a fan of Giordano Bruno. About two years ago, I got acquainted with the historical fiction books of British journalist S.J. Parris, 1500s mysteries featuring Giordano Bruno as the main character and investigator of mysteries. They are quite interesting.

[Peter1469]

Sounds good. I had not heard of those books.

[Green Arrow]

Sounds good. I had not heard of those books.

They are fantastic. So far, she's got three out, with a fourth due this year.

Heresy (2010)
Prophecy (2011)
Sacrilege (2012)
Treachery (2014)

I've read Prophecy and I own Sacrilege​.

[Mister D]

Giordano Bruno (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giordano_Bruno)was burned at the stake on this day in 1600 in Rome at the Campo de Fiori. His sentence resulted more from his Hermetic beliefs than his scientific views.

The last time I was in Rome I stayed at apartments very close to the Campo de Fiori. Oddly, I didn't take pictures there....

Exactly but the story is told quite differently in popular literature and TV.

[Peter1469]

Exactly but the story is told quite differently in popular literature and TV. It typically is.

[Mister D]

It typically is.

True

[Peter1469]

They are fantastic. So far, she's got three out, with a fourth due this year.

Heresy (2010)
Prophecy (2011)
Sacrilege (2012)
Treachery (2014)

I've read Prophecy and I own Sacrilege​.

I just ordered the first three in Kindle format. Thanks!

[Green Arrow]

I just ordered the first three in Kindle format. Thanks!

Always happy to recommend good literature ;)

[Mister D]

I should start a topic on heresy, what it meant, etc. one of these days. Might be interesting.

[Common]

There was alot of people like him that we dont even know about murdered for similar reasons.

[Peter1469]

There was alot of people like him that we dont even know about murdered for similar reasons.

If they were tried by the Church we would know about it. They kept records.

[Common]

If they were tried by the Church we would know about it. They kept records.

You think they recorded them all peter, I dont know I dont trust the old church that much.

[Peter1469]

You think they recorded them all peter, I dont know I dont trust the old church that much.

Yes, I believe they recorded them all.....

[Green Arrow]

You think they recorded them all peter, I dont know I dont trust the old church that much.

Except there's no reason not to trust them on this. They were very open about what they did because they believed they were in the right. They also kept some of the most extensive records in known history.

[Mister D]

better the church than the civil courts.