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Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake by the Inquisition in 1600. But it wasn't his first trial. They’d found his radical writings before, and every…
Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake by the Inquisition in 1600. But it wasn't his first trial. They’d found his radical writings before, and every time he’d got off with a slap on the wrist. What changed?Well, Renaissance justice ran on patronage. Law codes set out extremely harsh punishments, but everyone knew most