{"product_id":"the-french-conquest-of-the-craig-d-taylor-9781837650958","title":"The French Conquest of the Canary Islands, 1402-1405 (Le Canarien)","description":"\u003cb\u003eA 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLe Canarien\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLe Canarien\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eLe Canarien\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Craig D. Taylor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1837650950\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781837650958\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Boydell Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/14\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Craig D. Taylor","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46927707209983,"sku":"9781837650958","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2f277c1d-4f15-4177-b682-c79eb6274f88.jpg?v=1749372700","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-french-conquest-of-the-craig-d-taylor-9781837650958","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}