Authors: James A. Connor
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Achilles, Friedrich: hunting party of, 236; Katharina Kepler's arrest and, 265; Luther Einhorn and, 260
Adelberg (Germany), 44â46
Adolphus, Gustavus: attack on Regensburg, 364; invasion of Germany by, 361
ad torturam
(capital crime), 298
alchemists: distinction between scientists and, 178; fate of, 180â181; in Prague, 177â178
alchemy: Edward Kelley and, 184; Kepler's suspicions about, 203
Analytica Posteriora
(Aristotle), 57
angels, 182â183
Anhalt-Bernstein, Christian, 312, 314, 315
anima movens
(spirit of movement), 94
Anna Marie, Archduchess of Austria: death of father, 162; marriage to King Philip II, 161
Aquinas, Thomas, 44
archpresbyter, 117
area law, 184
Aristotle: Kepler's study of, 57â58; model of universe, 60, 61â62, 63â65; planetary orbits and, 137, 173â174
art, 111, 171.
See also
museum (
Kunstkammer
)
Assyrians, 303
Astonomia Nova
(Kepler): Kepler's work on planetary motions and, 173â177; laws of planetary motion in, 172â173; as modern text, 178
astrologers: as meteorologists, 233; in Prague, 177â178
astrological calendars, 325â326
astrology: astrological calendars of Kepler, 325â326; astronomical clocks, 51â52; horoscope for Heinrich Kepler, 115; Kepler as astrologer in Tübingen, 56â57; Kepler's advice to rulers, 224â225; Kepler's beliefs about, 178â180; Kepler's horoscope, 31â33; Kepler's predictions in Graz, 79â80; Kepler's readings for Albert von Wallenstein, 354â358; Kepler's view of, 42â43; at Lutheran school in Graz, 78; medicine and, 136
astronomers: accounting for appearances, 173; practiced medicine, 179; protectiveness of observational data, 153â154
Astronomiae Pars Optica
(Kepler), 172
Astronomia Nova
(Kepler): contents of, 185â187; obstructions to publication, 205â207; publication of, 211; quote from, 47
astronomical clock: importance of, 51â52; in Prague's Old Town Square,
34
; at Tübingen,
48
astronomy:
Astronomia Nova
(Kepler), 185â187; Copernican model of universe and, 124â125; Galileo's discoveries, 214â222; God and, 40â42, 43, 91â93; harmony and, 332, 333; Kepler and Brahe collaboration, 130â131, 150, 152â154; Kepler and Galileo, 4; Kepler on inclination towards, 47; Kepler on stars, 167; Kepler's book published, 93â96; Kepler's polyhedral hypothesis, 80â84; Kepler's preoccupation with, 88â89; models of universe, 59â68; motion of moon, 136â138; planetary orbits, 172â177
Auersperg, Dietrich von, 203
Augsburg Lutheran, 54â55
Augustine, Saint, 246â247, 350
Aulber, Johann Ulrich: capital crime charge and, 298; Katharina Kepler's sentence and, 302, 304; Katharina Kepler's trial and, 299; release of Katharina Kepler, 305
aurum potabile
(liquid gold), 178, 184
Austria.
See also
specific cities of: Counter-Reformation in, 333â338; Kepler sent to, 68
autopsy, 177â178
Â
Babylonians, 302, 303
Baden, Margrave Georg Friedrich, 117
baptism: Catholic church and, 350; children baptized in Catholic faith, 127; Kepler and, 351
Bartsch, Jakob: on Kepler, 362; marriage of, 360
Barvitius, 163â164
Battle of White Mountain: described, 311â316; solved Protestant rebellion, 333â334; Thirty Years' War and, 241
Bede, Venerable, 97
Benatky Castle, 128, 129â133
Bernegger, Johann Matthias: invitation to Kepler, 362; letter from Kepler to, 339;
Rudolphine Tables
and, 345
Besold, Christian: accusations against Katharina Kepler and, 280â281; work on Katharina Kepler's case, 301
Besold, Christopher, 67
Bessel, Friedrich Wilhelm, 125
Beutelsbacher, Benedict: Katharina's potions for, 28; testimony of, 20â21
Bible, 37, 40â41
Bidenbach, Dr., 281
Billj, Hildebrand, 362, 364
Binder, Georg: arrest of Katharina Kepler and, 291; distance from Katharina, 292; Katharina's estate and, 267; marriage to Margaretha Kepler, 204
Binder, Margaretha.
See also
Kepler, Margaretha: letter to Kepler about Katharina's situation, 7, 9, 326; loyalty to mother, 292; marriage of, 28, 204; protection of Katharina, 300
biographies, Johannes Kepler, 6
birth: of Anna Maria Kepler, 361; of Christoph Kepler, 45
birth of: of Friedrich Kepler, 202; of Johannes Kepler, 23; of Katharina Kepler (daughter of Johannes Kepler), 254; of Ludwig Kepler, 202â203; of Sebald Kepler, 254; of Susanna Kepler (daughter of Johannes Kepler), 116, 202
Bocskay, István, 208, 209
Bohemia, 293â298
Bohemian Brethren: banned, 208; struggle for power in Prague, 157â159
Bohemian Brethren in the Bohemian Confession, 158
Bohemian Estates: choice of Friedrich V for king of Bohemia, 293â298; rebellion of, 333â334; Rudolf II and, 209, 210, 211; Second Defenestration of Prague and, 275â279
Book of Concord, 55
Book of Nature, 88, 91
Bourbon, duke of, 108, 109
Bragadino, Marko, 181
Brahe, Georg, 343â345
Brahe, Tycho: collaboration with Kepler, 152â154; comet of 1577 and, 25, 26, 49â50; death of, 155â156; feud with Ursus and Kepler, 122â125; fight with Kepler, 132â134; house in Prague, 169; illness of, 154â155; as imperial mathematician, 148; invitation to Kepler, 128â129; Kepler as assistant to, 150â151, 152; Kepler's collaboration with, 129â133; Kepler's eulogy on death of, 141â142; Kepler's letter to, 149; meeting with Rudolf II, 163â164; model of universe, 60, 186, 187; motion of moon and, 137;
Mysterium Cosmographicum
and, 115, 118; portrait of,
144
; rights to publish work of, 205â206;
Rudolphine Tables
and family of, 156â157;
Rudolphine Tables
, printing of, 343â345; work to secure Kepler's position, 134â136; wrote horoscopes, 79
Brahe, Tycho, Jr., 343â345
Braunschweig, Christian von, 334, 347
bread and wine, 44.
See also
Communion
Brengger, Johan Georg, 167
Brenner, Martin, 138
bride, 74â75
Bruno, Giordano, 167, 214
Bucquoy, Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Count of, 313, 314
Budova, Václav, 276, 277
Buonarroti, Michelangelo: painting of Sistine Chapel, 111; Paul IV and, 112
Bürgi, Jost, 198
burial, 116
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Caesar, Julius, 97
calculus, 323â324
calendar: astrological calendars by Kepler, 325â326; debate over, 97â98
Calvinists: doctrine of Communion, 213; Friedrich V and Elizabeth as, 296; Kepler accused of being Calvinist, 242, 248â249; Kepler and, 44â45; Kepler's ideas as heresy, 225; Kepler's refusal to condemn, 58; Lutherans and, 55; sermon against, 39
camera obscura
, 138
Canisius, Peter, 158
capital crime (
ad torturam
), 298
Carolinum university, 158
Caspar, Max, 6
Catherine of Aragon, 111
Catholic church: banishment of Lutherans and, 117â118; on Counter-Reformation path, 112â113; Ferdinand's Catholicization program, 333â338; Ferdinand's mission and, 113â114; hope to convert Kepler to Catholicism, 349â354; Johannes Pisorius and, 198â199; Lutheran attack on Rome, 107â112; Lutheran church and, 37â38; obedience to, 242; Protestant faiths banned, 127â128; Protestants forced to convert to Catholicism, 138â140; Weil der Stadt and, 24
Catholicism: hope to convert Kepler to, 119, 322, 349â354; Protestants forced to convert to Catholicism, 138â140, 359
Catholic League: at Battle of White Mountain, 311â316; formation of, 208
Catholics: Battle of White Mountain, 311â316; Counter-Reformation in Prague and, 157â159; Friedrich V as king of Bohemia and, 293â298; Kepler accused of siding with, 248; Second Defenestration of Prague and, 275â279; tensions with Protestants, 207â211
Cawches, Kathleen, 302â303
cemetery, 55â56
Cemetery of St. Peter, 363, 364
charlatans: John Dee and Edward Kelley as, 181â184; in Prague, 180â181
Charles, Archduke of Austria, 77
Charles Bridge, 170, 171
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor: attack on Rome and, 108; Lutherans and, 107; visit to Rome, 111â112
Christianity: astrology and, 44; authority in, 246â247; as cause for war, 335; Kepler's beliefs, 39â40; split in, 321â322
Christian IV, King of Denmark, 337
circle: harmony and, 331â332; Kepler's abandonment of, 177; planetary orbits and, 173, 175
City of God
(St. Augustine), 350
Clavius, Christoph: calendar and, 97â98; Copernican universe and, 63; friendship with Kepler, 119
Clementinum university, 158
Clement VII, Pope: attack on Rome and, 107â109; death of, 111
clock.
See
astronomical clock
Code of Hammurabi, 303 “Cognition of Torture” sentence, 302, 304â305
Collegio Romano, 113
Colonna, Cardinal Pompeo, 110
comet of 1577: illustration of,
22
; Kepler's viewing of, 25â26; Tycho Brahe and, 49â50
Communion: Calvinist doctrine of, 44, 58; Kepler and, 213; Kepler denied, 243â251
connaturality, 92
Connor, James A., 1â6, 364
Conversation with the Starry Messenger, Dissertatio cum Nuncio Sidereo
(Kepler), 126, 216â218
Copernican universe:
Epitome Astronomiae Copernicanae
(Kepler), 323; Galileo and Kepler, 115; illustration of,
168
; Kepler takes on position of, 59â68; Tycho Brahe and Nicholas Reimarus Ursus and, 122, 123
Copernicus, Nicholas: Brahe and Kepler and, 124â125;
Epitome of Copernican Astronomy
(Kepler), 325; fame of, 4; Kepler confirmed, 3; Kepler's book and, 95; Kepler's discovery of, 58; Kepler's public argument for, 71; Kepler takes on Copernican position, 59â68; model of universe and Kepler, 186â187; planetary orbits and, 174, 175;
On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres
, 14, 66
Corraducius, 135
Corvinus, Matthias, 76
Cosimo II, grand duke of Tuscany, 219
cosmology, 59â68
Council of Nicea, 97
Council of Trent, 112
Counter-Reformation: in 1588, 50; banishment of Lutherans, 117â118; Catholic church set on path of, 112â113; Catholic/Protestant tensions, 207â211; Edict of Restitution and, 361; Ferdinand and, 113â114; Ferdinand's Catholicization program, 333â338; gathers force, 55, 99â100; hope to convert Kepler to Catholicism, 322, 352â353; Kepler's
Counter-Reformation, return to Graz and, 118â121; Kepler's visit to Graz and, 152; in Linz, 333â338; Lutheran persecution in Graz, 116â117; in Prague, 157â159; Protestant faiths banned, 127â128; Protestants forced to convert to Catholicism, 138â140
Crick, Francis, 92â93
Crucius, Martin: on Kepler, 95; as Kepler's professor, 56, 58â59
Ctirad, 195
cube, 81
Curtius, Albert, 336, 346, 349â350
Czechs, 171, 172
Â
da Ceri, Renzo, 109
David, 74â75
death: of Barbara Kepler, 190, 226; of Friedrich Kepler, 223; of Johannes Kepler, 363â364; of Katharina Kepler (daughter of Johannes Kepler), 319â320, 328; of Katharina Kepler (mother of Johannes Kepler), 306; of Kepler's children, 254; Kepler's thoughts on, 185; of Margareta Regina Kepler, 326; of Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor, 293; of Maximilian II, 161â162; of Regina Ehem, 268, 326; of Rudolf II, 211; of Tycho Brahe, 155â156
debates, 58
Deckers, Johannes, 336
Dee, Arthur, 183
Dee, John: career of, 181â183; at Prague Castle, 165â166; as universalist, 178
delle Bande Nere, Giovanni, 108, 109
denunciations, 55
depositio
, 50
depression of Johannes Kepler, 342â343, 348, 362, 363
De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium, On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres
(Copernicus), 14, 66
Descartes, René, 311
devil, 234
Devin (Women's Castle), 194â196
Dialogo della musica antica e moderne, A Dialogue on Ancient and Modern Music
(Galilei), 326
Dietrichstein, Adam von, 160
Dietrichstein, Ludwig von, 203
Dioptrice
(Kepler), 220â221, 222
DÃpold of Lobkovic, 277â278
disputations: Kepler's love of, 58; Kepler's
Somnium
, 67â68
Dissertatio cum Nuncio Sidereo, Conversation with the Starry Messenger
(Kepler), 126, 216â218
dodecahedron, 81â82
Dohna, Baron Christopher, 297â298
Donauer, Sigmund, 363
Donäuworth (Germany), 207â208
Don Carlos, Prince of Spain, 161
The Dream, or Astronomy of the Moon, Somnium seu Astronomia Lunari
(Kepler), 67â68, 360
d'Urbina, Gian, 109â110
Dürer, Albrecht, 288
Â
earth: in Aristotelian universe, 64; in Copernican model, 66â67; gravitational theory of Kepler and, 187; in models of universe, 60â61; planetary orbits and, 174â175
Edict of Restitution, 361 ÃernÃn, Divi[scaron], 277
Ehem, Philip: death of Regina and, 268, 326; estate and, 239
Ehem, Regina.
See also
Kepler, Regina: death of, 268, 326; money from Barbara Kepler, 239