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The Dialogue is placed on the Index as a dated book-ban after the trial

After the trial the Dialogue was placed on the Index. Galileo Galilei's documented role is: The Index listed the Dialogue. In the causal graph this event weakens Democratic Resilience, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — a worsening welfare path.

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After the trial the Dialogue was placed on the Index. 1835 removal is later. Galileo Galilei's documented role is: The Index listed the Dialogue. He did not write the listing; 1835 removal is later, not this ban.

Context

The Congregation listed. Sharing the ban with that office is required. The setting of The Dialogue is placed on the Index as a dated book-ban after the trial is the public file around 1634-01-01. Driver democratic-resilience is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

Why it matters

Worsening path from The Dialogue is placed on the Index as a dated book-ban after the trial on 1634-01-01. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of The Dialogue is placed on the Index as a dated book-ban after the trial are separate paths.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Galileo Galilei

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.44 · verified

    The Index listed the Dialogue. He did not write the listing; 1835 removal is later, not this ban.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactThe Dialogue is placed on the Index as a dated book-ban after the trial
    2. weakensDriverDemocratic Resilience
    3. strengthensIndicators (3)Having a say in government
    Worsening path

    impact weight 0.4 · Effect from 1 January 1634 · verified

    • Having a say in government

      via Democratic Resilience

      Worse

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.28 (weight 0.4 × strength 0.7)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Clean elections index

      via Democratic Resilience

      Worse

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.18 (weight 0.4 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      0.53 score from 0 to 1 · 0.34 below the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      125 readings, 1900–2024: rose from 0.17 score from 0 to 1 to 0.53 score from 0 to 1.

      Above normal = better

    • WJP Rule of Law Index (global)

      via Democratic Resilience

      Worse

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.18 (weight 0.4 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      0.55 index score (0-1) · 0.26 below the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      Above normal = better

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — GalileoStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — Galileo, Pisa chairEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: Britannica — Galileo, Index of Forbidden Books at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Galileo-Galilei (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Galileo, Index at https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/galileo/ (opens in a new tab) (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Official carrier: Britannica — Galileo, Index of Forbidden Books (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Galileo-Galilei (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Galileo, Index (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/galileo/ (opens in a new tab); Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).

Established: a sourced public record of The Dialogue is placed on the Index as a dated book-ban after the trial under 1634-01-01 for Galileo Galilei. Established: a sourced public record of The Dialogue is placed on the Index as a dated book-ban after the trial under 1634-01-01.

Shared responsibility is part of The Dialogue is placed on the Index as a dated book-ban after the trial. Naming Galileo Galilei does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1634-01-01 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.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorGalileo Galilei
  2. contributed toFactThe Dialogue is placed on the Index as a dated book-ban after the trial
  3. weakensDriverDemocratic Resilience
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). The Dialogue is placed on the Index as a dated book-ban after the trial. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/gal-index-dialogue

https://factrail.ai/facts/gal-index-dialogue

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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