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Starting in 1593, Bruno was tried for [[heresy]] by the Roman [[Inquisition]] on charges of denial of several core Catholic doctrines, including eternal damnation, the Trinity, the divinity of [[Jesus Christ]], the virginity of Mary, and transubstantiation. Bruno's pantheism was not taken lightly by the church, nor was his teaching of the transmigration of the soul (reincarnation).
Starting in 1593, Bruno was tried for [[heresy]] by the Roman [[Inquisition]] on charges of denial of several core Catholic doctrines, including eternal damnation, the Trinity, the divinity of [[Jesus Christ]], the virginity of Mary, and transubstantiation. Bruno's pantheism was not taken lightly by the church, nor was his teaching of the transmigration of the soul (reincarnation).


The Inquisition found him guilty, and he was [[death by burning|burned at the stake]] in Rome's Campo de' Fiori in 1600. After his death, he gained considerable fame, being particularly celebrated by 19th- and early 20th-century commentators who regarded him as a martyr for science, although most historians agree that his heresy trial was not a response to his cosmological views but rather a response to his religious and afterlife views. However some historians do contend that the main reason for Bruno's death was indeed his cosmological views.
The Inquisition found him guilty, and he was [[death by burning|burned at the stake]] in Rome's Campo de' Fiori in 1600. After his death, he gained considerable fame, being particularly celebrated by 19th- and early 20th-century commentators who regarded him as a [[martyr]] for science, although most historians agree that his heresy trial was not a response to his cosmological views but rather a response to his religious and afterlife views. However some historians do contend that the main reason for Bruno's death was indeed his cosmological views.


Bruno's case is still considered a landmark in the history of free thought and the emerging sciences.
Bruno's case is still considered a landmark in the history of free thought and the emerging sciences.