The Czar’s autocratic policies toward the people led to social unrest because the people, especially the "common folk" or peasants were granted practically no rights and there was no democratic process--meaning that they became upset when they were unable to further their lives either socially or economically.
Galileo was ordered to turn himself in to the Holy Office to begin trial for holding the belief that the Earth revolves around the Sun, which was deemed heretical by the Catholic Church. Standard practice demanded that the accused be imprisoned and secluded during the trial.
