Inquisition and Science. The Oracle of the Pipkin

Authors

  • Gustav Henningsen Henningsen
  • José Escribano Arellano (col.)

Keywords:

Barometer, atmospheric pressure, horror vacui, basque folk medicine, Galileo Galilei, Evangelista Torricelli, Blaise Pascal

Abstract

Twentytwo years before the atmospheric pressure was discovered by the Italian physicist Evangelista Torricelli in 1643, his famous experiment was anticipated by the Inquisition of Logroño. It occured during the case against a Basque woman in 1621. She was tried for having consulted a nun (freila) and healer of her own village, Anteiglesia de Arrigoiaga (near Bilbao), about the accident of a little girl she was tending. She wanted to know whether or not the bruises the girl had incurred in her face from falling on a staircase were infected.

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Published

2013-03-25

How to Cite

[1]
Henningsen, G.H. and Escribano Arellano (col.), J. 2013. Inquisition and Science. The Oracle of the Pipkin. Huarte de San Juan. Geografía e Historia. 20 (Mar. 2013), 87–94.

Issue

No. 20 (2013)

Section

Dosier: La Inquisición y Navarra

License

La información referente al sistema de autoarchivo y política de derechos de explotación establecido por esta revista puede consultarse en DULCINEA.