This compelling account of a scientific martyr did not even begin to take shape until well over a century later when it was recruited to vilify the institution

This compelling account of a scientific martyr did not even begin to take shape until well over a century later when it was recruited to vilify the institution of the Catholic Church rather than Christianity more generally. I think it is vastly under-appreciated the extent to which The Enlightenment Story is hand in glove with the Reformation, with all its biases and political complexities tidily put to one side because they're inconvenient.