Thank you for this. Lots of solid scholarship!

I did miss Galileo's insulting his patron the pope Urban VIII in hi Dialogue, but otherwise I think you've done a good job to show that scientists (philosophers of that day) can be as rigidly dogmatic as the worst Christians.

You also might enjoy my review of this book: https://medium.com/@pierrewhalon/the-peace-between-science-and-religion-a834d0c2383c

Keep writing!