La “pensée enchantée” des explorateurs
The magical thinking of the Renaissance explorers
Author(s): Corin BragaSubject(s): Anthropology
Published by: Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai
Keywords: Renaissance; Imagology; anthropology; mythology; Terrestrial Paradise
Summary/Abstract: This study about the magical thinking of the Renaissance explorers shows how the mirabilia of the Middle Ages (eg. the myth of the Terrestrial Paradise) influenced the geographical discoveries.
Journal: Caietele Echinox
- Issue Year: 2002
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 155-169
- Page Count: 15
- Language: French
- Content File-PDF
