In 1849, Giacomo Manzoni, at that time Minister of Finances of the Roman Republic, and Silvestro Gherardi, substitute of the Minister of the Public Education and later on Minister ad interim, had easy access to the Archives of the Holy Office in Rome. From those Archives Manzoni took away a huge number of manuscripts and books, aiming to shed some light on the history of Religious Reform in Italy. In his turn Gherardi was interested only in Galileo’s trial. In this paper we reconstruct, also on the base of unpublished documents, the circumstances of Manzoni’s removals and the events that followed. In particular we trace the story of the manuscript that Gherardi used, in 1870, for the publication of thirty-one “decreta” of Galileo’s trial. From our research it turns out also that Manzoni brought away documents concerning other inquisitorial trials, that never returned to the Holy Office in Rome.
Il processo Galileo e la Repubblica Romana del 1849
FIOCCA, Alessandra;
2015
Abstract
In 1849, Giacomo Manzoni, at that time Minister of Finances of the Roman Republic, and Silvestro Gherardi, substitute of the Minister of the Public Education and later on Minister ad interim, had easy access to the Archives of the Holy Office in Rome. From those Archives Manzoni took away a huge number of manuscripts and books, aiming to shed some light on the history of Religious Reform in Italy. In his turn Gherardi was interested only in Galileo’s trial. In this paper we reconstruct, also on the base of unpublished documents, the circumstances of Manzoni’s removals and the events that followed. In particular we trace the story of the manuscript that Gherardi used, in 1870, for the publication of thirty-one “decreta” of Galileo’s trial. From our research it turns out also that Manzoni brought away documents concerning other inquisitorial trials, that never returned to the Holy Office in Rome.I documenti in SFERA sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
