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Anti-Christian sources often claim that dissections were forbidden by the Catholic Church during the Middle Ages. This myth is most likely derived from the book ''History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom'' by Andrew Dickson White. He supports his assertion by a bull published by Pope Boniface VII in 1300 which allegedly forbade dissections. In reality, the bull concerned the burial of noblemen who had died abroad and had nothing to do with dissections. At the time when this ban was supposedly in place the famous surgeon Mondino performed numerous dissections and even wrote a book on the subject of which 25 editions were altogether published.<ref>The Popes and Science by James Walsh</ref>

Anti-Christian sources often claim that dissections were forbidden by the Catholic Church during the Middle Ages. This myth is most likely derived from the book ''History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom'' by Andrew Dickson White. He supports his assertion by a bull published by Pope Boniface VII in 1300 which allegedly forbade dissections. In reality, the bull concerned the burial of noblemen who had died abroad and had nothing to do with dissections. At the time when this ban was supposedly in place the famous surgeon Mondino performed numerous dissections and even wrote a book on the subject of which 25 editions were altogether published.<ref>The Popes and Science by James Walsh</ref>

===Columbus sets out to discover America===

===Columbus proved that Earth is round, or set out to discover America===

When Christopher [[Columbus]] sailed the ocean blue, what he was really doing was looking for a sea route to Asia. It didn't turn out quite the way he expected; he made landfall on the island of Hispaniola.  A related myth is that Columbus discovered or proved that the Earth was round. Unlike many others, these myths are widely known to be false.

 

When Christopher [[Columbus]] sailed the ocean blue, what he was really doing was looking for a sea route to Asia. It didn't turn out quite the way he expected; he made landfall on the island of Hispaniola.

===A pox on you!===

===A pox on you!===