The Astronomer and the Witch: Johannes Kepler's Fight for his Mother, by Ulinka Rublack
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Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) was one of the most admired astronomers who ever lived and a key figure in the scientific revolution. A defender of Copernicus´s sun-centred universe, he famously discovered that planets move in ellipses, and defined the three laws of planetary motion. Perhaps less well known is that in 1615, when Kepler was at the height of his career, his widowed mother Katharina was accused of witchcraft. The proceedings led to a criminal trialthat lasted six years, with Kepler conducting his mother's defence. In The Astronomer and the Witch, Ulinka Rublack pieces together the tale of this extraordinary episode in Kepler's life, one which takes us to the heart of his changing world. First and foremost an intense family drama, the story brings to life the world of a small Lutheran community in the centre of Europe at a time of deep religious and political turmoil - a century after the Reformation, and on the threshold of the Thirty Years' War. Kepler's defence of his mother also offers us a fascinating glimpse into the great astronomer's world view, on the cusp between Reformation and scientific revolution. While advancing rational explanations for the phenomena which his mother's accusers attributed to witchcraft, Kepler nevertheless did not call into question the existence of magic and witches. On the contrary, he clearly believed in them. And, as the story unfolds, it appears that there were moments when even Katharina'schildren struggled to understand what their mother had done...
The Astronomer and the Witch: Johannes Kepler's Fight for his Mother, by Ulinka Rublack- Amazon Sales Rank: #436549 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-10-22
- Released on: 2015-10-22
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Review "...[A]n enthralling, many-sided book... [A]t once a vivid introduction to a fascinating social and cultural world; a profound analysis of a witch trial...and a deep study of one of the greatest scientists who ever lived..." --Professor Anthony Grafton, Princeton University
"Gripping and inspiring, this tale of the six-year battle to clear Katharina Kepler of the charge of witchcraft yields striking new insights into the personalities and families involved, their communities and their culture... The past, with its hopes and fears, comes wonderfully to life in this scholarly masterwork." --Professor Nicholas Jardine, University of Cambridge "This book takes you right to the heart of life in the seventeenth century, with all its sense of intellectual possibility, its dreams and its fears. Rublack tells a shocking story. How was it possible for the mother of the famous scientist Kepler to be accused of witchcraft, and why did she come to trial? In gripping prose, Rublack shows how the case destroyed those involved in it. She makes us understand how witchcraft could be credible and why people feared it so much. She makes us understand the psychological wellsprings of Kepler's work. And she presents a whole new account of scientific thinking and its relationship to natural knowledge at the dawn of a new era. The most compelling book I have read for a long time." --Professor Lyndal Roper, University of Oxford "Gives readers a nuanced look at a world in which most people, including Kepler, believed that witches existed." -- Publisher's WeeklyAbout the Author Ulinka Rublack is Professor of Early Modern European History at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of St John's College. One of the most original historians of her generation, she has published widely on early modern European history, including Reformation Europe (2005), Dressing Up: Cultural Identity in Renaissance Europe (2010), which won the Roland Bainton Prize, and (as editor) A Concise Companion to History (2011).
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Highly recommended By David Blank (Westlake, Ohio) Thank you, Professor Rublack, for this outstanding work on Johannes Kepler and his times. I believe the author has firmly accomplished her stated objective (p. 306) of presenting history by “…restoring nuance to our account of past lives and respect for different voices from a wide social spectrum…”The complex characters in this book could hardly have been invented; instead they have been “rediscovered” from the author’s intense study of and extensive knowledge of local conditions and resources in the contentious times leading to the Thirty Years War in the central European states. Her understanding of Dr. Kepler, his colleagues, his antagonists and supporters, and particularly his mother, brothers and sister and other family is insightful and recognizes the push and pull of the trauma and dissension and conflict each of us faces in everyday life, as well as its joys and benefits.And all this understanding is in the context of a compelling and historically captivating story, well presented with a sense of the reader being in the midst of the action.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A German Witch Trial By R. Lee Hadden A readable work about the mother of the famed astronomer, Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), who was accused of witchcraft in Germany. In 1615, his 73 year old mother, Katharina Kepler was accused of bewitching several people in town, and over the next six years a continuing trial and imprisonment was challenged by her son. Later, after a year of imprisonment, she was threatened with torture to confess her crimes. Only Johannes and his siblings kept up a steady opposition to the governor's accusations and attempts to have his mother convicted of the crime.This is an interesting account of witch trials in Protestant Germany at the start of the 17th century. There is an examination of the evidence, how it was interpreted, and how it was refuted by one of the better mathematical minds living in Europe at that time. Some of the 24 witnesses were deemed to be irrelevant, but enough were thought competent for the charges to be prosecuted. Kepler spent much of his time trying to refute the witnesses and write up a point by point rebuttal to the accusations, and then reply to the attack of his rebuttal by the prosecution. Finally, it was decided to scare her into confession, not by torture, but by pretending to have sentenced her to torture, and showing her the devices to be used to force her to confess, hoping the mere sight of the devices and descriptions of enhanced interrogation by the executioner will frighten her into revealing her crime.Refusing to be intimidated, she was eventually released after 14 months locked to a chain in a cell, and she died six months later.This is an interesting study of how a witch trial was conducted, the types of evidence and methods of defense used, and how a counter-suit of defamation was used to protect Katharina Kepler. Afterwards, she was hailed as a local heroine in Eltingen, and even Nazi Germany put up a statue in her honor. While promoted as an example of work and industriousness, her steadfast denial of the charge of witchcraft had helped end the persecution of women as witches in Germany as a whole.A recommended book for libraries of astronomy, German history, witchcraft trials and women's studies. Also for individuals interested in any or all of these subjects.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. an interesting look at the past; relevant for today By XY An interesting look at a time when the Christian and witchcraft memeplexes co-existed comfortably side-by-side in the minds of many intellectuals as well as common folk. It would be nice if we could view this book as purely of historical interest, but unfortunately Christianity is still promoting low quality thought and analysis in many people today, and thus this book is highly relevant to the challenges we face trying to survive (and even thrive) in the modern world.
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