Book of Privileges Issued to Christopher Columbus by King Fernando and Queen Isabel 1492-1502 - Paperback

by Helen Nader (Editor), Luciano Formisano (Photographer)

From the moment King Fernando and Queen Isabel sponsored Christopher Columbus's voyage, they began issuing contracts, decrees, and privileges implementing the project. Previous editions of these collected documents, known as the Book of Privileges, have been published. Yet because such editions have ordered the material as Columbus left it, use of these books has proven problematic. The Repertorium Columbianum edition presents these documents in chronological order, providing a continuous historical narrative of the monarchs' and Columbus's enterprise. (The documents also appear, separately, in Columbus's arrangement.) Superbly translated, with historical and philological commentary, this edition of the Book of Privileges is a valuable historical resource.

Author Biography

Helen Nader is Professor of History at the University of Arizona. Luciano Formisano is Professor of Modern Foreign Letters and Languages at the University of Bologna.