Kepler's Witch (2008)
Kepler's Witch
“AFTER THE SHAMEFUL ATTACK ON KATHARINA, Einhorn moved to quash the Kepler family’s slander case against Ursula. The Keplers expected their case, Kepler v. Reinbold, to come to court within a reasonable period of time, but because he was the magistrate, Einhorn was able to postpone it for over a year. His continuing disregard of the duke’s order to proceed with the Kepler family’s case against Ursula Reinbold during that time was surreal, a parody of justice, and can make sense, even politically..., only if we consider that through Kräutlin, Einhorn enjoyed a secret behind-the-scenes channel of communication with the duke and his councilors. They were willing to forget his insubordination because Katharina’s main supporter, her son Johannes, was himself in a stink with the Stuttgart consistory over charges of hidden Calvinism. There was talk that Johannes might be as guilty of witchcraft as his mother. Some industrious soul had dug deep into the Tübingen archives and found a disputation that Kepler had written while in school there, which later became his Somnium, or Dream, illustrating Copernican theory by imagining a fanciful flight to the moon so the universe could be described from the perspective of moon people.MoreLess
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