GIIOCOMOTTO-CHARRA Violaine, NONY Stlvie.
The flat earth, genealogy of a misconception.
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| N° d'inventaire | 25033 |
| Format | 120 x 190 mm |
| Détails | 280 p., Paperback |
| Publication | Paris, 2021 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782251452234 |
It remains a commonplace to think that the Middle Ages believed in a flat Earth, out of scientific ignorance as much as religious coercion. It would have been necessary to wait for the navigators, Columbus or Magellan, or even modern astronomers, Copernicus or Galileo, for the darkness to dissipate and for the Earth to finally become round.
However, from Greek Antiquity to the European Renaissance, the idea that the Earth was flat was practically never defended, let alone taught, in the West.
Violaine Giacomotto-Charra and Sylvie Nony here endeavor to trace the history of this misconception and to try to understand its genesis. In the first part, they invite us to read with them the ancient sources, the Fathers of the Church but also and above all the manuals and encyclopedias written throughout the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and used for teaching in cathedral schools and then in universities, from the 13th century onwards.
A second part is devoted to the study of the myth itself and examines its genealogy – its genesis and history – to shed light on the causes of its survival. Why, against the very evidence, do we continue to assert that for the Middle Ages, the Earth was flat?
However, from Greek Antiquity to the European Renaissance, the idea that the Earth was flat was practically never defended, let alone taught, in the West.
Violaine Giacomotto-Charra and Sylvie Nony here endeavor to trace the history of this misconception and to try to understand its genesis. In the first part, they invite us to read with them the ancient sources, the Fathers of the Church but also and above all the manuals and encyclopedias written throughout the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and used for teaching in cathedral schools and then in universities, from the 13th century onwards.
A second part is devoted to the study of the myth itself and examines its genealogy – its genesis and history – to shed light on the causes of its survival. Why, against the very evidence, do we continue to assert that for the Middle Ages, the Earth was flat?
However, from Greek Antiquity to the European Renaissance, the idea that the Earth was flat was practically never defended, let alone taught, in the West.
Violaine Giacomotto-Charra and Sylvie Nony here endeavor to trace the history of this misconception and to try to understand its genesis. In the first part, they invite us to read with them the ancient sources, the Fathers of the Church but also and above all the manuals and encyclopedias written throughout the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and used for teaching in cathedral schools and then in universities, from the 13th century onwards.
A second part is devoted to the study of the myth itself and examines its genealogy – its genesis and history – to shed light on the causes of its survival. Why, against the very evidence, do we continue to assert that for the Middle Ages, the Earth was flat?