Here we discuss how some medieval scholars in the Western Europe viewed the form of the world and the problem of the Antipodes, starting from the Natural History written by Pliny the Elder and ending in the Hell of the Divina Commedia, written by Dante Alighieri. From the center of the Earth, Dante and Virgil ascend to the Antipodes: eventually, their existence was accepted. Among the others, we will discuss the works of Bede, Gerbert of Aurillac who became Pope Silvester II, and Robert Grosseteste.

From Rome to the Antipodes: The Medieval Form of the World / Sparavigna, Amelia Carolina. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LITERATURE AND ARTS. - ISSN 2331-0553. - STAMPA. - 1:2(2013), pp. 16-25. [10.11648/j.ijla.20130102.11]

From Rome to the Antipodes: The Medieval Form of the World

SPARAVIGNA, Amelia Carolina
2013

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Here we discuss how some medieval scholars in the Western Europe viewed the form of the world and the problem of the Antipodes, starting from the Natural History written by Pliny the Elder and ending in the Hell of the Divina Commedia, written by Dante Alighieri. From the center of the Earth, Dante and Virgil ascend to the Antipodes: eventually, their existence was accepted. Among the others, we will discuss the works of Bede, Gerbert of Aurillac who became Pope Silvester II, and Robert Grosseteste.
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