The Trial of Giordano Bruno

The Trial of Giordano Bruno provides English audiences with a complete and updated reconstruction of the inquisitorial trial by analysing the accusations, witnesses, and legal proceedings in detail.

Germano Maifreda is Professor of Economic History at the Università degli Studi di Milano.

Chapter 1 "My Profession Has Been and Is Letters and All Science". Profile of a Defendant / Chapter 2 The Circle Closes / Chapter 3 Return to the Past / Chapter 4 The Machine of the Inquisition / Chapter 5 The End in the Beginning / Chapter 6 The Stalemate / Chapter 7 In the Prisons of the Inquisition / Chapter 8 Before the Throne of Peter / Chapter 9 The Choice / Chapter 10 The Mysteries of the Capuchin / Chapter 11 The Summer of 1599 / Chapter 12 "Perhaps it is with greater fear that you pronounce the sentence against me..." / Epilogue. On the Ground of Truth