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Procurator: don’t forget that even if the Republic pays less well than certain princes it does guarantee freedom of research. In Padua we even admit Protestants to our lectures. And give them doctors’ degrees too. In Mr Cremonini’s case we not only failed to hand him over to the Inquisition when he was proved, proved Mr Galilei- to have made irreligious remarks, but actually granted him a rise in salary.
After looking this up online the university of Padua is a Roman catholic university. When the procurator says that they “even admit Protestants” does this mean that Protestants faced discrimination at universities? Were Protestants brought to Roman Catholic schools to be taught catholic principles in the social sciences? Also because philosophy and social sciences seemed to be more popular during this time, and Galileo taught in more concrete studies, is this the reason why they refuse to pay him more? Do they not want to pay him more so that he does not feel the obligation to teach people that the sciences people are being taught about the world are wrong?
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