In defence of ignorance

Ulysses in Hell recounting his last voyage to Dante and Virgil In Hell (Venice, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, It. IX, 276), 14th century.

We're not going anywhere these days. So let's glance back in time. Our stop: the Middle Ages, Homer and creativity.

The medieval period has been called many things: the age of faith, the Dark Ages, lowercase/uppercase,…