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

Amelia Carolina Sparavigna

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

Amelia Carolina Sparavigna

Published in International Journal of Literature and Arts (Volume 1, Issue 2)

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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.

Published in	International Journal of Literature and Arts (Volume 1, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijla.20130102.11
Page(s)	16-25
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Latin Literature, Medieval Science, Dante Alighieri, History of Science

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