He was held in the Tower of London for several months. The sheer volume of his correspondence caught the attention of authorities, who arrested him as a spy.
In order to do this he had to correspond with many foreigners across Europe, including the Netherlands and Italy. He sought high quality scientific papers to publish. _ Henry Oldenburg (1619-1677) _ Oldenburg founded the Royal Society in London in 1662. He was sentenced to house arrest, where he remained for the rest of his life and his offending texts were banned. Galileo was found "vehemently suspect of heresy" for his heliocentric views and was required to "abjure, curse and detest" his opinions. His research was instantly criticized by the Catholic Church for going against the established scripture that places Earth and not the Sun at the center of the universe. Galileo (1564-1642) The Italian astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei was trialled and convicted in 1633 for publishing his evidence that supported the Copernican theory that the Earth revolves around the Sun. Under orders from John Calvin, Servetus was arrested, tortured and burned at the stake on the shores of Lake Geneva - copies of his book were accompanied for good measure. He escaped from Spain and the Catholic Inquisition but came up against the Protestant Inquisition in Switzerland, who held him in equal disregard. He wrote a book, which outlined his discovery along with his ideas about reforming Christianity - it was deemed to be heretical.
_ Michael Servetus (1511-1553) _ Servetus was a Spanish physician credited with discovering pulmonary circulation.