She's wrong about the Medieval Church. They did understand the world was round and accepted Eratosthenes' circumference (though little else of the man's ideas). However Medieval Geography considered Jerusalem the Axis Mundi and there were belief in all kinds of monsters of which Marco Polo's records record belief in same.
She also likes proffering Irving's myth of Medieval Morons despite that people warned Columbus he was very wrong about how big the Atlantic was. If he hadn't stumbled upon the Taino he would have had a crew that died of starvation on the high seas.
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Date: 23/12/10 22:52 (UTC)She also likes proffering Irving's myth of Medieval Morons despite that people warned Columbus he was very wrong about how big the Atlantic was. If he hadn't stumbled upon the Taino he would have had a crew that died of starvation on the high seas.