RHETOR 151 Chapter 6: R151 Reading 2.7.2017
8 Feb 2017
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Prophecy and discovery: on the spiritual origins of christopher columbus". Traditional line of scholarly interpretation: columbus as the bold and innovative explorer who won support for his enterprise of the indies. Two images that c had of himself (1) predestined to fulfill a number of prophecies in preparation for the coming of the antichrist and the end of the world. C studied for a while at university of pavia - but this highly contested. Question of where and when columbus received his education remains unresolved, evidence regarding some of the more important sources of his thought survives. C acquired knowledge mostly from reading and annotating. Deeply acquainted with testaments and the apocrypha. For men, the goal to fulfill prophecy on a cosmic or global scale was a major stimulus to travel and discovery. Modern studies of the origins of c"s enterprise of the indies can be traced back to the first half of the nineteenth century.
