Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Introduction générale et remercients par
- General introduction and acknowledgements
- Introduction (français)
- Introduction (English)
- Image de la mer dans les sociétés médievales: perceptions et modes de transmission
- La perception de la mer en Europe du nord-ouest (MoyenÂge, XIIIe–XVe siècle)
- Medieval maritime polities–some considerations
- ‘Piracy’, connectivity and seaborne power in the Middle Ages
- Connectivity and sea power–entangled maritime dimensions in the medieval Mediterranean
- La révolution nautique médiévale (XIIIe–XVe siècles)
- The maritime war in the Mediterranean, 13th–15th centuries
- La carte marine au Moyen Âge : outil technique, objet symbolique
- Shipbuilding in the medieval Adriatic
- L'Arsenal de Venise
- Flottes publiques, flottes privées à Venise (XIIe–XVe siècles)
- Au coeur de la puissance maritime de Venise, le sel
- «Quod vita et salus nostra est quod galee nostre navigent» – les gens de mer a Venise du XIIIe au XVe siecle
- The naval power of Venice in the eastern Mediterranean in the Middle Ages
- La vie maritime de Split et de Zadar du XIIIe au XVe siècle
- Dubrovnik et la mer (XIIIe–XVe siècle)
- Les génois. Une flotte militaire privée?
- Flottes publiques et flottes privées à Gênes au XIVe siècle
- Les flottes génoises dans l'Atlantique (Angleterre–Flandre), XIIe–XVe siècles
- La vie a bord : de la navigation de cabotage à la navigation hauturière (XIIe–XVe siècles)
- Les Normands d'Italie et la mer (XIe–XIIe siècle)
- La mer empoisonnée : la Sicile mediévale
- Les Omeyyades d'al-Andalus (711-1021) : une puissance navale de la Méditerranée médiévale?
- Les flottes catalanes, XIIe–XVe siècles
- Catalan maritime expansion in the western Mediterranean (12th–15th centuries)
- Shipbuilding in Portugal in the Middle Ages
- Manuel Pessanha et l'organisation de la flotte portugaise au XIVe siècle
- Les ordres militaires et la mer (XIIe–XVe siècles)
- The Latin kingdom of Jerusalem and the sea (late 11th–13th century)
- The ships of the Knights of St John
- The Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus and the sea, 13th–15th centuries
- At the centre of the sea routes: maritime life in Crete between the Middle Ages and the Early Modern era
- The Dromōn and the Byzantine navy
- Harbours and shipbuilding in Byzantine Constantinople
- The Byzantine and Greek merchant maritime enterprises in the medieval Mediterranean
- The Byzantine economy and the sea: the maritime trade of Byzantium, 10th–15th centuries
- The maritime trade in the medieval Black Sea
- Venetian navigation to the Black Sea areas, 13th–15th centuries
- The transfer of maritime technology from southern Europe to England c. 1100–c. 1600
- Les royaumes barbares et la mer (Ve–début VIeIIe siècle)
- Capetiens et Plantagenets à l'épreuve de la suprématie maritime
- Les fondements du commerce maritime de La Rochelle au MoyenÂge
- La Bourgogne et la mer à la fin du MoyenÂge
- Les anciens Frisons et la mer (premier millénaire après Jésus Christ)
- The Viking ships
- The Vikings and their age – a good deal more than plunder
- The maritime law of the Baltic Sea
- Did the activity of the ‘Vitalian Brethren’ prevent trade in the Baltic area?
- The Teutonic Order and the Baltic Sea in the 13th–16th centuries
- Ships and shipping in medieval England
- Port labor in medieval England
- Fishing in medieval England
- Portuguese maritime expansion from the African coast to India
- Les réseaux commerciaux baynounk en Sénégambie (Afrique de l'ouest), du VIIIe au XVIIe siècle
- Le Mali et la mer (XIVe siècle) : autour du récit du sultan Mûsâ sur l'expédition maritime de son prédécesseur Muhammad
- L'Afrique orientale et la mer du Ier au XVe siècle
- The Red Sea in the medieval period
- Early Maya navigation and maritime connections in Mesoamerica
- The Maya Caribbean: fishing, navigation, and trade
- The central Andean peoples and their relationship to the sea
- Fluidité des circulations dans l'empire mongol du XIIIe siècle
- Les flottes islamiques de l'océan Indien (VIIe–XVe siècles) : une puissance navale au service du commerce
- Shipbuilding in India up to the 15th century
- Medieval ports in India
- Maritime relations between the Indian Ocean and the China Sea in the Middle Ages
- The naval power of the Yuan dynasty
- The Chinese fleets in the Indian Ocean (13th–15th centuries)
- Chinese supremacy in the Indian Ocean in the early 15th century
- La Corée et la mer, Xe–XVe siècles
- Féodalites maritimes : le Japon médieval et la mer (XIe–XVIe siècles)
- L'Insulinde et la mer avant l'arrivée des Occidentaux
- Boat building tradition in the Philippines (10th–16th centuries)
- Les relations maritimes entre l'Indonésie et l'Océan Indien au MoyenÂge
- Conclusion (français)
- Conclusion (English)
- Conclusion générale par
- General conclusion by
- COMPRENDRE LE RÔLE DE LA MER DANS L'HISTOIRE POUR ÉCLAIRER NOTRE AVENIR
- UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE THE SEA HAS PLAYED IN OUR PAST IN ORDER TO SHED LIGHT ON OUR FUTURE!
Portuguese maritime expansion from the African coast to India
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 May 2017
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Introduction générale et remercients par
- General introduction and acknowledgements
- Introduction (français)
- Introduction (English)
- Image de la mer dans les sociétés médievales: perceptions et modes de transmission
- La perception de la mer en Europe du nord-ouest (MoyenÂge, XIIIe–XVe siècle)
- Medieval maritime polities–some considerations
- ‘Piracy’, connectivity and seaborne power in the Middle Ages
- Connectivity and sea power–entangled maritime dimensions in the medieval Mediterranean
- La révolution nautique médiévale (XIIIe–XVe siècles)
- The maritime war in the Mediterranean, 13th–15th centuries
- La carte marine au Moyen Âge : outil technique, objet symbolique
- Shipbuilding in the medieval Adriatic
- L'Arsenal de Venise
- Flottes publiques, flottes privées à Venise (XIIe–XVe siècles)
- Au coeur de la puissance maritime de Venise, le sel
- «Quod vita et salus nostra est quod galee nostre navigent» – les gens de mer a Venise du XIIIe au XVe siecle
- The naval power of Venice in the eastern Mediterranean in the Middle Ages
- La vie maritime de Split et de Zadar du XIIIe au XVe siècle
- Dubrovnik et la mer (XIIIe–XVe siècle)
- Les génois. Une flotte militaire privée?
- Flottes publiques et flottes privées à Gênes au XIVe siècle
- Les flottes génoises dans l'Atlantique (Angleterre–Flandre), XIIe–XVe siècles
- La vie a bord : de la navigation de cabotage à la navigation hauturière (XIIe–XVe siècles)
- Les Normands d'Italie et la mer (XIe–XIIe siècle)
- La mer empoisonnée : la Sicile mediévale
- Les Omeyyades d'al-Andalus (711-1021) : une puissance navale de la Méditerranée médiévale?
- Les flottes catalanes, XIIe–XVe siècles
- Catalan maritime expansion in the western Mediterranean (12th–15th centuries)
- Shipbuilding in Portugal in the Middle Ages
- Manuel Pessanha et l'organisation de la flotte portugaise au XIVe siècle
- Les ordres militaires et la mer (XIIe–XVe siècles)
- The Latin kingdom of Jerusalem and the sea (late 11th–13th century)
- The ships of the Knights of St John
- The Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus and the sea, 13th–15th centuries
- At the centre of the sea routes: maritime life in Crete between the Middle Ages and the Early Modern era
- The Dromōn and the Byzantine navy
- Harbours and shipbuilding in Byzantine Constantinople
- The Byzantine and Greek merchant maritime enterprises in the medieval Mediterranean
- The Byzantine economy and the sea: the maritime trade of Byzantium, 10th–15th centuries
- The maritime trade in the medieval Black Sea
- Venetian navigation to the Black Sea areas, 13th–15th centuries
- The transfer of maritime technology from southern Europe to England c. 1100–c. 1600
- Les royaumes barbares et la mer (Ve–début VIeIIe siècle)
- Capetiens et Plantagenets à l'épreuve de la suprématie maritime
- Les fondements du commerce maritime de La Rochelle au MoyenÂge
- La Bourgogne et la mer à la fin du MoyenÂge
- Les anciens Frisons et la mer (premier millénaire après Jésus Christ)
- The Viking ships
- The Vikings and their age – a good deal more than plunder
- The maritime law of the Baltic Sea
- Did the activity of the ‘Vitalian Brethren’ prevent trade in the Baltic area?
- The Teutonic Order and the Baltic Sea in the 13th–16th centuries
- Ships and shipping in medieval England
- Port labor in medieval England
- Fishing in medieval England
- Portuguese maritime expansion from the African coast to India
- Les réseaux commerciaux baynounk en Sénégambie (Afrique de l'ouest), du VIIIe au XVIIe siècle
- Le Mali et la mer (XIVe siècle) : autour du récit du sultan Mûsâ sur l'expédition maritime de son prédécesseur Muhammad
- L'Afrique orientale et la mer du Ier au XVe siècle
- The Red Sea in the medieval period
- Early Maya navigation and maritime connections in Mesoamerica
- The Maya Caribbean: fishing, navigation, and trade
- The central Andean peoples and their relationship to the sea
- Fluidité des circulations dans l'empire mongol du XIIIe siècle
- Les flottes islamiques de l'océan Indien (VIIe–XVe siècles) : une puissance navale au service du commerce
- Shipbuilding in India up to the 15th century
- Medieval ports in India
- Maritime relations between the Indian Ocean and the China Sea in the Middle Ages
- The naval power of the Yuan dynasty
- The Chinese fleets in the Indian Ocean (13th–15th centuries)
- Chinese supremacy in the Indian Ocean in the early 15th century
- La Corée et la mer, Xe–XVe siècles
- Féodalites maritimes : le Japon médieval et la mer (XIe–XVIe siècles)
- L'Insulinde et la mer avant l'arrivée des Occidentaux
- Boat building tradition in the Philippines (10th–16th centuries)
- Les relations maritimes entre l'Indonésie et l'Océan Indien au MoyenÂge
- Conclusion (français)
- Conclusion (English)
- Conclusion générale par
- General conclusion by
- COMPRENDRE LE RÔLE DE LA MER DANS L'HISTOIRE POUR ÉCLAIRER NOTRE AVENIR
- UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE THE SEA HAS PLAYED IN OUR PAST IN ORDER TO SHED LIGHT ON OUR FUTURE!
Summary
ABSTRACT. The author seeks to explain the origins of the Portuguese expansion resulting from the opening of the Gibraltar Strait toward the north Atlantic and the Mediterranean expansion toward the west (Azores, Madera, and the Canary Islands). Portugal has a double border – with the sea and Castile. Three combined elements explain this expansion: commercial navigation, the political will of the monarchy, and the crusade ideology. The author examines the problems encountered by the Portuguese expansion along the African coasts and concludes by showing the links between discoveries, commercial expansion, and colonization.
RÉSUMÉ. L'auteur s'interroge d'abord sur les origines de l'expansion portugaise, qui résulte de l'ouverture de la voie du détroit de Gibraltar vers le nord de l'Atlantique, et de l'expansion méditerranéenne vers l'Occident (Açores, Madère, Canaries). Le Portugal a une double frontière, la mer et la Castille. Trois éléments se combinent pour expliquer l'expansion : la navigation commerciale, la volonté politique de la monarchie, l'idéologie de la croisade. L'auteur examine ensuite les problèmes rencontrés par l'expansion portugaise au long des côtes africaines et conclut en montrant les liens entre découvertes, expansion commerciale et colonisation.
PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS
It is difficult to comprehend the real meaning of the Portuguese maritime expansion in the African coasts through the 15th century, without firstly considering the importance of the sea for the kingdom of Portugal in the previous centuries. Traditionally, in the Portuguese historiography, the understanding of the context in which the first steps of this expansion were given was almost always limited to the attempt to demonstrate the existence of medieval roots in that activity. This subject is not easy to solve.
Indeed, during the 20th century an interpretive system was developed that has dominated much of the historiographical literature on this topic. Briefly, such a scheme sees in the maritime cities and in their bourgeoisie the elements that inspired and impelled the first Portuguese expansion. However, it is a model that, when carefully examined, shows some weaknesses and thus causes difficulties. It does not explain – in that passage from commercial development to the maritime expansion – the role of the sea and navy in the context of Portuguese history of the 12th to the 14th centuries.
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- The Sea in History - The Medieval World , pp. 642 - 653Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2017