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Galileo was tried for heresy and afterwards spent the rest of his life under house arrest. 'House arrest' sounds like a relatively light punishment for being found guilty of heresy by the Inquisition; was this the case, and if so, how was his punishment determined?

by /u/td4999 in /r/AskHistorians

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