De revolutionibus is dedicated to Pope Paul III as a patronage frame for a dangerous cosmology
De revolutionibus was dedicated to Pope Paul III as a patronage frame. In the causal graph this event strengthens Institutional Corruption, a driver that strengthens Political corruption index — a worsening welfare path.
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De revolutionibus was dedicated to Pope Paul III as a patronage frame. The instrument is that dedication, not a unique Vatican grant with a coefficient. Nicolaus Copernicus's documented role is: He addressed Paul III. Schönberg's earlier letter is printed as encouragement. Papal patronage is the frame, not a unique bribe series. The teaching content remains the edu row.
Context
Schönberg's letter is printed as encouragement. Sharing that cardinal-file is required. Osiander's unsigned preface is a different frame. The setting of De revolutionibus is dedicated to Pope Paul III as a patronage frame for a dangerous cosmology is the public file around 1543-03-01. Driver institutional-corruption is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.
That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.
Why it matters
Worsening path from De revolutionibus is dedicated to Pope Paul III as a patronage frame for a dangerous cosmology on 1543-03-01. A papal dedication as shelter for a new cosmology is a patronage path of medium-low weight. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.
Shared responsibility is part of De revolutionibus is dedicated to Pope Paul III as a patronage frame for a dangerous cosmology. Naming Nicolaus Copernicus does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1543-03-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
Nicolaus Copernicus
PersonDirect responsibility
responsibility level 0.28 · verified
He addressed Paul III. Schönberg's earlier letter is printed as encouragement. Papal patronage is the frame, not a unique bribe series. The teaching content remains the edu row.
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactDe revolutionibus is dedicated to Pope Paul III as a patronage frame for a dangerous cosmology
- strengthensDriverInstitutional Corruption
- strengthensIndicators (3)Political corruption index
impact weight 0.25 · Effect from 1 March 1543 · verified
A papal dedication as shelter for a new cosmology is a patronage path of medium-low weight.
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.19 (weight 0.25 × strength 0.76)
Observed
0.48 score from 0 to 1 · 0.29 above the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal125 readings, 1900–2024: rose from 0.4 score from 0 to 1 to 0.48 score from 0 to 1.
Above normal = worse
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.15 (weight 0.25 × strength 0.62)
Observed
56.1 Score · 13.7 below the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal26 readings, 1996–2024: fell from 57 Score to 56.1 Score.
Above normal = better
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.13 (weight 0.25 × strength 0.5)
Observed
42.5 index score (0-100) · 7.53 below the normal line (2025)
Worse than normalAbove normal = better
Evidence
The sources behind this fact and its verification state.
- 1.Library of Congress — De revolutionibus neighbourhoodLibrary of Congress · High credibility · verified
- 2.Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Copernicus, education neighbourhoodStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish
Official locator: Library of Congress — De revolutionibus dedication neighbourhood at https://www.loc.gov/item/48031343/ (opens in a new tab) (Library of Congress). Independent locator: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Copernicus, Paul III neighbourhood at https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/copernicus/ (opens in a new tab) (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Official carrier: Library of Congress — De revolutionibus dedication neighbourhood (https://www.loc.gov/item/48031343/ (opens in a new tab); Library of Congress). Independent carrier: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Copernicus, Paul III neighbourhood (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/copernicus/ (opens in a new tab); Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).
Established: a sourced public record of De revolutionibus is dedicated to Pope Paul III as a patronage frame for a dangerous cosmology under 1543-03-01 for Nicolaus Copernicus. Established: a sourced public record of De revolutionibus is dedicated to Pope Paul III as a patronage frame for a dangerous cosmology under 1543-03-01.
If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.
Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.
Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of De revolutionibus is dedicated to Pope Paul III as a patronage frame for a dangerous cosmology are separate paths.
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- ActorNicolaus Copernicus
- contributed toFactDe revolutionibus is dedicated to Pope Paul III as a patronage frame for a dangerous cosmology
- strengthensDriverInstitutional Corruption
- strengthensIndicatorPolitical corruption index
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Factrail. (2026). De revolutionibus is dedicated to Pope Paul III as a patronage frame for a dangerous cosmology. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/cp-papal-dedication
https://factrail.ai/facts/cp-papal-dedication
Accessed 16 October 2026.
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