Books by W.G.L. Randles

By the mid-18th century, the Roman ecclesiastical authorities had put an end to the pagan idea of an infinite cosmos and were able to teach the theory of heliocentrism. In this text, the author traces the changes in perception of the universe since medieval times.

An analysis of the transformation of the mediaeval European image of the world in the period following the great discoveries of the 15th and 16th centuries. It focuses on geography, cartography and nautical science, addressing topics such as the concept of the terraqueous globe.