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Navigations
The Portuguese Discoveries and the Renaissance
Sofort lieferbar | Lieferzeit: Sofort lieferbar I
Artikel-Nr:
9781789147025
Veröffentl:
2023
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.04.2023
Seiten:
356
Autor:
Malyn Newitt
Gewicht:
742 g
Format:
241x165x35 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Malyn Newitt has taught at the universities of Rhodesia and Exeter, and until he retired, he was the Charles Boxer Professor of History at King's College London. His many books include The Braganzas, also published by Reaktion Books.
Navigations re-examines the Portuguese voyages of discovery by placing them in their medieval and Renaissance settings. It shows how these voyages grew out of a crusading ethos, as well as long-distance trade with Asia and Africa and developments in map-making and ship design. The slave trade, the diaspora of the Sephardic Jews and the intercontinental spread of plants and animals gave these voyages long-term global significance. The voyages of discovery are narrated within the context of Portuguese politics, and this book describes the role of the Portuguese ruling dynasty - including its female members - in the flowering of the Portuguese Renaissance and the distinctive ideology of the Renaissance state, and in the cultural changes that took place within a wider European context.
A re-examination of the Portuguese medieval and Renaissance voyages of discovery.