> why Galileo was placed under house arrest Galileo's friend Barberini became Pope and asked Galileo to write a book. But Barberini became paranoid about consp

> why Galileo was placed under house arrest Galileo's friend Barberini became Pope and asked Galileo to write a book. But Barberini became paranoid about conspiracies and thought it had seditious, secretly-critical undertones.