Nobody in the Middle Ages Thought the Earth Was Flat
History Unplugged Podcast · History Unplugged
January 17, 20186m 4s
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Show Notes
One of the most widespread and pernicious bits of common knowledge about the Middle Ages that is incorrect is the idea that everyone believed the world to be flat. This is ridiculous. Nobody thought that. Anyone who knew about astronomy (which was almost everyone), had been on a boat, or had any sort of learning whatsoever knew this to be false. Then why do make this wrong assumption today?
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