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Columbus and the Quest for Jerusalem

Carol Delaney

An extraordinary new examination of Christopher Columbus that shows him to have been a man of deep passion, patience, and religious conviction—a man determined to save Jerusalem from Islam.

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Behind the Bastards

It was discussed as a source for understanding Columbus's motivations and actions, but the podcasters questioned its accuracy and argued that it whitewashed certain aspects of his history.

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she's she's she complains that people try to judge him, quote, from a contemporary perspective rather than from the values and practices of his own time.

— Episode: Part One: Christopher Columbus: Bringer...

Episode: Part One: Christopher Columbus: Bringer of the Apo...

It was discussed as a source for understanding Columbus's motivations and actions, but the podcasters questioned its accuracy and argued that it whitewashed certain aspects of his history.

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she's she's she complains that people try to judge him, quote, from a contemporary perspective rather than from the values and practices of his own time.

So, that's the guy he's named after and that's relevant because he is going to take that name that he gets super literally.

people would gather in town squares day after day sitting for hours listening transfixed by this fascinating but horrific moral tales about the wages of sin.

Bernardino focused especially on sins committed by witches consorting with the devil, the sin of sodomy and the sin of fraternizing with the Jews.

as the anchors were dropped, the men stood on the decks and gazed at the Green Island, a soothing sight after so long at sea with only gray blue water and sky and saw naked people.

Episode: Part One: Christopher Columbus: Bringer of the Apo...

It was discussed as a book that attempted to rehabilitate Columbus's image by emphasizing his religious motivations and downplaying his role in slavery and violence.

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She is clear to note that she's trying to look at him, quote, from a contemporary perspective rather than from the values and practices.

Or she's she's she complains that people try to judge him, quote, from a contemporary perspective rather than from the values and practices of his own time.

Quote, as the anchors were dropped, the men stood on the decks and gazed at the Green Island, a soothing sight after so long at sea with only gray blue water and sky and saw naked people.

It did not automatically imply conquest or ownership.

Quote, the Spanish had come all this way across the ocean sea expecting to confront a superior civilization.

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