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Because Galileo was Italian, the Galileo Affair had nothing to do with the Spanish Inquisition, which, not surprisingly, took place in Spain. Furthermore, Galileo's trouble with the Church was not a result of his science but rather a result of him making theological pronunciations based on his scientific observations and theories.

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