“The Great Trials of World History and the Lessons They Teach Us” S:1 E:5 The Trial of Giordano Bruno

S:1 E:5 The Trial of Giordano Bruno 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?