[Vicomte13]

That was an error.

Your error on the subject was to say that Kepler worked in Protestant countries. Kepler's work was done at the very CAtholic court of the Emperor, where he was known to be a Protestant, and hired anyway because he was brilliant. Eventually there was some persecution, but because he was a Protestant, not because of his teachings.

[CarolinaGuitarman]

"Your error on the subject was to say that Kepler worked in Protestant countries."

A great deal of his work WAS done in Protestant countries. He worked under the Catholic Holy Roman Emperor for about 11 years. The rest of the time he was more or less adrift, religiously. He was excommunicated by the Lutherans for not accepting all their tenets, and he refused to become Catholic. During the 30 Years War he didn't have any side to protect him (accept his wits).

Anyway, as interesting as this has been (And it has for me, I will be rereading my books on the scientific revolution, which I admittedly read over ten years ago), I will be out of town for the next 6 days and won't be able to continue. Thanks for the discussion, and for making me remember how complicated things were back then!

Cheers!