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The Canarian; Or, Book Of The Conquest And Conversion Of The Canarians In The Year 1402

The Canarian; Or, Book Of The Conquest And Conversion Of The Canarians In The Year 1402

Bontier, Pierre

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Native American HistoryTravel WritingGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9354500544
ISBN13: 9789354500541
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 22 2021
Pages: 302
Weight: 0.98
Height: 0.68 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Before modern maps settled the Atlantic, a small Norman force sailed south and set down one of Europe's starkest early colonial records. Watch the Atlantic world change. The Canarian, by Pierre Bontier, is a medieval history chronicle of the Norman expedition to Canaries and the upheaval it triggered in the conquest of Canary Islands. In a clear English translation edition, readers encounter the complete chronicle text that follows the 1402 venture associated with the Jean de Bethencourt conquest: negotiation and violence, piety and profit, and the hard work of building rule on unfamiliar shores. It is also a revealing christian conversion history, capturing how faith was deployed, argued, and enforced as the islands were drawn into Latin Christendom. Its careful narration preserves names, motives, and encounters that later historians still cite when tracing Europe's first steps westward towards Atlantic domination. Valued in medieval studies reading and colonial history research alike, this narrative stands at the crossroads of medieval Atlantic exploration and the later patterns of overseas expansion. For anyone interested in fifteenth century Canaries and wider canary islands history, it offers direct testimony of first contact, cultural rupture, and the language of legitimacy. Collectors of classic travel and conquest literature will appreciate its documentary force; general readers will be gripped by its immediacy and moral tension. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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