Abstract

In December 1615, when the astronomer Johannes Kepler should have been enjoying the modest fame that followed the publication of his treatise Astronomia Nova, he was instead confronted by a family emergency. His aged mother, Katharina, stood accused of witchcraft, and powerful enemies were plotting to have her imprisoned and perhaps even killed. Ulinka Rublack's book The Astronomer and the Witch is a detailed portrait of Katharina's trial, the circumstances surrounding it and the role her famous son played in defending her.

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