Galileo is tried before the Inquisition and recants his views (mar 29, 1633 – jun 22, 1633)
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Galileo was ordered to kneel as he was found "vehemently suspected of heresy". He was forced to "abandon completely the false opinion of Copernicanism, and to read a statement, in which he recanted much of his life's work.
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