Tag: Science versus religion: the medieval disenchantment
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Science versus religion: the medieval disenchantment
JMS Pearce Hull, England Fig 1. An engraving showing a monopod or sclapod, a female Cyclops, conjoined twins, a blemmye, and a cynocephali. By Sebastian Münster 1544. Source History is a novel whose author is the people. -Alfred de Vigny (1797-1863) In medieval times, knowledge, beliefs, and faith were largely centered upon a…