Flattening the Medieval Earth

Flattening the Medieval Earth explores the origin of the 'flat error', i.e. the false accusation that ancient and medieval Christians believed in a flat Earth, and what this implies in terms of a conflict between science and Christianity.

Autorentext

Pablo de Felipe is a researcher and lecturer, with a focus on the relations between science and Christianity, at the Protestant Faculty of Theology SEUT in Madrid (Spain). In the same city he also lectures at the Xavier Zubiri Foundation and is part of the advisory board of the Science, Technology and Religion Chair at the Comillas Pontifical University. He holds a PhD in Molecular Biology from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and a PhD in Religion and Theology from the University of Bristol (UK). He works as Head of Service (Virology) at the Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices (AEMPS) in Madrid.

Klappentext

Flattening the Medieval Earth explores the origin of the 'flat error', i.e. the false accusation that ancient and medieval Christians believed in a flat Earth, and what this implies in terms of a conflict between science and Christianity.

Inhalt

Introduction: Columbus and the flat Earth; 1. Searching for the origins and causes of an error; 2. From the Greek discovery of the spherical Earth to the Medieval debate of the antipodes; 3. Revival and criticism of early Christians's geographical views in the Early Renaissance (14th and 15th centuries); 4. Old texts and the geographical challenge of the voyages (1434-1522); 5. The early Copernicans and the flat-earthers (1541-1616); General Conclusions: From the invention of the flat error to the idea of an historical conflict between science and Christianity.