Is it true that people in Europe in the Middle Ages (A.D. 476-1453) believed that the earth is flat? Didn't the Byzantine Empire preserve the Roman and Greek knowledge of the sphericity of the earth? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

Is it true that people in Europe in the Middle Ages (A.D. 476-1453) believed that the earth is flat? Didn't the Byzantine Empire preserve the Roman and Greek knowledge of the sphericity of the earth?

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Before other responses come in, you might be interested in my recent response to an almost identical question.