Prince Henry "the Navigator" : a life
Peter Russell
Bok Engelsk 2000 P. E. Russell
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| Utgitt | London , 2000
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| Omfang | xvi, 448 sider, [32] sider plansjer : illustrasjoner, kart
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| Opplysninger | Matters of Nativity -- The Force of Destiny: Ceuta -- The Crusader as Administrator: King's Lieutenant for Ceuta and Governor of the Order of Christ -- Lord of the Isles -- Beyond the Cape of No Return -- A Just War? Henry's Ambitions in the Sultanate of Morocco -- Debacle at Tangier -- Discovery Resumed: The Portuguese Sahara -- The Caravels of Christ -- Prince Henry and the Atlantic Slave Trade -- A Henrican Obsession: The Canary Islands -- Cadamosto: A New World Observed -- Once More Unto the Breach: Alcacer-Ceguer -- From Senegambia to the Lion Mountain: The Henrican Discoveries Concluded -- The Necessary End -- Translation of a Private Letter from Prince Henry to his Father (1428).. - Henry the Navigator, fifteenth-century Portuguese prince and explorer, is a legendary, almost mythical figure in late medieval history. Considered along with Columbus to be one of the progenitors of modernity, Prince Henry challenged the scientific assumptions of his age and was responsible for liberating Europeans from geographical restraints that had bound them since the Roman Empire’s collapse. In this enthralling account of Henry’s life—the first biography of “The Navigator” in more than a century—Peter Russell reaps the harvest of a lifelong study of Prince Henry. Making full use of documentary evidence only recently available, Russell reevaluates Henry and his role in Portuguese and European history. Examining the full range of Prince Henry’s activities, Russell discusses the explorer’s image as an imperialist and as a maritime, mathematical, and navigational pioneer. He considers Henry’s voyages of discovery in the African Atlantic, their economic and cultural consequences, and the difficult questions they generated regarding international law and papal jurisdiction. Russell demonstrates the degree to which Henry was motivated by the predictions of his astrologer—an aspect of his career little known until now—and explains how this innovator, though firmly rooted in medieval ways of thinking and behaving, set in motion a current of change that altered European history.
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| Emner | Henry, , Infante of Portugal, , 1394-1460.
Henrik , infant av Portugal , 1394-1460 : (NO-TrBIB)17685 Historie Portugal Vis mer... Sjøreiser
Discoveries in geography. Explorers - Portugal Princes - Portugal oppdagere prinser biografier |
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| ISBN | 0300082339
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