John Toland’s On the Manner, Place and Time of the Death of Giordano Bruno of Nola
John Toland’s On the Manner, Place and Time of the Death of Giordano Bruno of Nola
Author(s): Bartholomew BegleySubject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Zeta Books
Keywords: John Toland; Giordano Bruno; Georg Wilhelm Freiherr von Hohendorf; Caspar Schoppe; Conrad Rittershausen; letter; trial; execution
Summary/Abstract: The papers offers a translation, with introduction and explanatory notes, of John Toland’s 1709 letter in Latin to Baron Hohendorf relating to his discovery of Caspar Schoppe’s eyewitness account of the trial and execution of Giordano Bruno in Rome in 1600. Toland, referring to Bayle’s Dictionnaire, argues that this discovery removes any doubt about the manner of Bruno’s death. Toland points out where Schoppe and the inquisitors had misunderstood or wilfully misrepresented Bruno, and then offers a short exposition and critique of some of Bruno’s ideas.
Journal: Journal of Early Modern Studies
- Issue Year: 2014
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 103-115
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English
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