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/5(33). · Prince Henry “The Navigator”: A Life. By Peter Russell. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, Pp. xiv, $ - Volume 62 Issue 1Author: Bill M. Donovan. · Henry the Navigator is a legendary, almost mythical, figure in late medieval history. Together with Columbus he was considered one of the progenitors of 'modernity', a man who dared to challenge the scientific assumptions of his age and by so doing was responsible for liberating Europeans from the geographical constraints which had bound them since the collapse of the Roman Empire.4/5(1).
lecture of , 'Prince Henry the Navigator', was followed in by an important paper by the South African scholar, Professor E. Axelson, and in by Peter Russell's Oxford lecture, 'Prince. 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. Prince Henry the Navigator: A Life by Russell, Sir Peter and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at bltadwin.ru - Prince Henry the Navigator: a Life by Russell, Sir Peter - AbeBooks.
Henry the Navigator is a legendary, almost mythical, figure in late medieval history. Together with Columbus he was considered one of the progenitors of 'modernity#39;, a man who dared to challenge the scientific assumptions of his age and by so doing was responsible for liberating Europeans from the geographical constraints which had bound them since the collapse of the Roman Empire. Peter Russell's Canning House. lecture of , 'Prince Henry the Navigator', was followed in by an. important paper by the South African scholar, Professor E. Axelson, and. in by Peter. Prince Henry “The Navigator”: A Life. By Peter Russell. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, Pp. xiv, $ - Volume 62 Issue 1.
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