Astronomer and the Witch Rublack Ulinka Professor of Early Modern European History University of Cambridge
Astronomer and the Witch Rublack Ulinka Professor of Early Modern European History University of Cambridge Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) was one of the most admired astronomers who ever lived and a key…
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Astronomer and the Witch Rublack Ulinka Professor of Early Modern European History University of Cambridge
Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) was one of the most admired astronomers who ever lived and a key figure in the scientific revolution. Perhaps less well known is that in 1615, when Kepler was at the height of his career, his widowed mother Katharina was accused of witchcraft. A defender of Copernicus' s sun-centered universe, he famously discovered that planets move in ellipses, and defined the three laws of planetary motion.
First and foremost an intense family drama, the story brings to life the world of a small Lutheran community in the centre of Europe at a time of deep religious and political The proceedings led to a criminal trial that lasted six years, with Kepler conducting his mother's defense.In The Astronomer and the Witch, Ulinka Rublack pieces together the tale of this extraordinary episode in Kepler's life, one which takes us to the heart of his changing world.