![]() Moreover, there are clear indications that the educated people of medieval society no longer believed, at that time, that the Earth was flat. Today, historians denounce Irving’s account as a figment of a rich imagination. On that occasion, Columbus is said to have tried to convince them that the Earth is round, in order to receive the necessary funding for the trip he wanted to undertake. In the book A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus, Washington Irving (1783–1859) describes in detail an alleged meeting between Columbus and several inquisitors, within the Council of Salamanca. ![]() Atheists frequently invoke the theory that in the Middle Ages, Christians (not just lay people, but even church leaders) believed in the myth of the flat Earth.įurthermore, it is said that the Church initially refused to finance Christopher Columbus’ voyage to the Indies on the grounds that the Earth was flat and that there was a danger that the navigators would fall into the void with their ships when they reached the edge of the Earth. ![]()
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