Book Details
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 astrologeran aspect of his career little known until nowand 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.
- Binding Others
- Author/s Russell, Peter E.
- ISBN13 9780300082333
- ISBN10 0300082339
- Pages 448
- Published 2000
Prince Henry «the Navigator» (A life)
- Author Peter E. Russell
- Publisher YUP
- ISBN 9780300082333
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