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Galileo Galilei: Science vs. faith [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Galileo Galilei (1564\u20131642), professor of mathematics at the University of Padua from 1592 to 1610, was a pillar in the history of our University and a symbol of freedom for research and teaching, well stated in the university motto \u2018 ...
Basso, Cristina   +3 more
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An Inquisition for Propaganda and Mass Deception: Deposing the Neolithic Mind

open access: yesFrontiers in Communication, 2021
Human language harbors a mechanical aberration, leaving human communication vulnerable to manipulation. Mass deception is the systematic exploitation of this linguistic glitch, the agency of which is premeditated indoctrination.
Robert L. Walsh
doaj   +1 more source

A magia do novo. Índios cristãos nas fronteiras da Amazônia colonial

open access: yesNuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos, 2011
This article deals with the dynamic invention processes of new identities, beliefs and forms of living produced by Christian Indians in the borders of the Colonial Amazon. These borders were constituted as Zones of Contact among different groups: Indians,
Almir Diniz de Carvalho Júnior
doaj   +1 more source

Witch Hunting and Prosecuting in Early Modern Italy: A Historiographical Survey

open access: yesReligions, 2023
This article critically assesses Italian scholarship on the history of witchcraft over the last 60 years. Beginning with Carlo Ginzburg’s influential Night Battles (published in 1966 and translated to English in 1983) and ending with the recent work of ...
Michaela Valente
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The Medieval Inquisition: Scale-free Networks and the Suppression of Heresy

open access: yes, 2003
Qualitative evidence suggests that heresy within the medieval Catholic Church had many of the characteristics of a scale-free network. From the perspective of the Church, heresy can be seen as a virus.
Ormerod, Paul, Roach, Andrew
core   +1 more source

Las redes protofeministas del luteranismo castellano en el proceso contra Isabel Ortiz, 1564-1565

open access: yesLer História
This article studies women accused of Lutheranism through the 1564 Inquisition trial against Isabel Ortiz. While recent studies portray Ortiz as a protofeminist for her independent life and attempt to publish a doctrinal book, this article shifts focus ...
Kathryn Phipps
doaj   +1 more source

In Defence of Food: A Comparative Study of Conversas' and Moriscas' Dietary Laws as a Form of Cultural Resistance in the Early Modern Crown of Aragon

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This research explores the adaptive strategies employed by Conversas (Christian women of Jewish origin) and Moriscas (Christian women of Muslim origin) in navigating adversity, particularly in their interactions with inquisitorial authorities in the early modern Crown of Aragon. This study analyses these women's efforts to uphold religious and
Ivana Arsić
wiley   +1 more source

Performance as Exchange: Taxation and Jewish Theatre in Early Modern Italy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
In early modern Italy, an unusual form of exchange between Jewish and Christian communities materialized in Mantua: Jews in Mantua were required to perform an annual play as a tribute to their Gonzaga rulers.
Jaffe-Berg, E
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The Language of Gendered Violence and Sexual Aggression in the Spanish Civil War: Conceptualizations and Reassessments

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the conceptual vocabulary through which violence against women during the Spanish Civil War has been interpreted, with particular attention to the longstanding predominance of the category ‘sexed violence’ (violencia sexuada).
SABINA MOMPÓ TORIBIO
wiley   +1 more source

Per modum quem solent tenere heretici in respondendo. Confessione, prova e dissimulazione nel tribunale di Jacques Fournier (1318-1325)

open access: yesLes Dossiers du GRIHL, 2010
The preservation of heretical confessions in inquisitorial records needs to be regarded as the product of tension, conflict, and cultural clash between inquisitor and accused.
Irene Bueno
doaj   +1 more source

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