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The French Conquest of the Canary Islands, 1402-1405 (Le Canarien)

Name: The French Conquest of the Canary Islands, 1402-1405 (Le Canarien)
Brand: Boydell Press
SKU: 9781837650958
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Contributors:

Craig D. Taylor (Translator), Jane H. M. Taylor (Translator)

Publisher:

Boydell Press

Binding:

Hardcover

Book Category:

History, Literary Criticism

Book Subcategory:

Europe, Military, European

Book Topic:

Medieval, French

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Release Date:

10/14/2025

ISBN 13:

9781837650958

Weight:

1.06 lbs

Size:

9.21 x 6.14 x 0.56 inches

Pages:

216

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A translation of two rival accounts of an expedition that deteriorated into friction and feuding, offering an unusually intimate view of chivalry and conquest at the close of the Middle Ages.

Le Canarien tells the gripping story of a French expedition that conquered three of the Canary Islands between 1402 and 1405. It is the only surviving written account of this pivotal moment in the history of the archipelago. The European invaders successfully employed strategies that would become the template for the colonization of the New World. The islanders were overwhelmed by the devastating military superiority of the invaders who killed countless people and sold many others into slavery, before beginning the process of colonization.

Le Canarien was written by two chaplains who took part in the expedition and celebrated it as a grand chivalric and crusading enterprise to convert the indigenous peoples of Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and El Hierro to Christianity. Their mission was led by two French noblemen, Jean IV de Béthencourt and Gadifer de La Salle, who fell out disastrously with one another during its course. As a result, there are two rival versions of the story: one bitterly accuses Béthencourt of treachery, whilst the other expresses surprise and incomprehension at Gadifer's allegations. This book presents translations of each of these versions of Le Canarien that reveal the dark truths hidden behind the façade of chivalry and open a fascinating window into late medieval views on crusading, conversion and conquest.

About the Author
Taylor, Craig D.: - CRAIG TAYLOR is a Professor of Medieval History at the University of York.Taylor, Jane H. M.: - JANE TAYLOR is Emeritus Professor of Medieval French at the University of Durham.

The French Conquest of the Canary Islands, 1402-1405 (Le Canarien)

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