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Katharina Kepler (née: Guldenmann; 8 November 1547 – 13 April 1622) was a woman from Leonberg, Württemberg, who was the mother of the famous astronomer Johannes Kepler. She was accused of witchcraft in 1615, but was defended by her son and released.
28 de dic. de 2015 · In 1615, 24 witnesses accused Katharina Kepler, the astronomer’s mother, of being a witch. The evidence: She magically appeared through closed doors; paralyzed the schoolmaster with a drink...
By the time he moved there in 1612 with his two children, his wife and his favorite son, Friedrich, were dead. Kepler's fourteen years in Linz were marked by his second marriage to Susan Reuttinger, and by his repeated efforts to save his mother from being tried as a witch.
21 de oct. de 2015 · Johannes Kepler and his mother lived through one of the most epic tragedies in the age of the witch-craze.
21 de oct. de 2015 · Alison Flood. Wed 21 Oct 2015 11.55 EDT. C hained to the floor of her prison cell for 14 months while the threat of torture hung over her, the six-year ordeal faced by the elderly mother of the...
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21 de ene. de 2017 · Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) was one of the most admired astronomers who ever lived and a key figure in the scientific revolution. A defender of Copernicus's sun-centred universe, he famously discovered that planets move in ellipses and defined the three laws of planetary motion.
22 de oct. de 2015 · Research. The astronomer and the witch – how Kepler saved his mother from the stake. Ulinka Rublack, Professor of Early Modern European History, discusses the reputation of astronomer Johannes Kepler and his mother Katharina, and the criminal trial for witchcraft that lasted six years.
