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Prester John

Around 2010 I got very interested in Prester John, the mythical priest-king of the Middle Ages. I have a whole big presentation on him!

Curious Myths of the Middle Ages
Curious Myths of the Middle Ages
Sabine Baring-Gould
Historia Mongolorum
Historia Mongolorum
Giovanni Di Plan Carpini
Marco Polo: Dangers and Visions
Marco Polo: Dangers and Visions
Marco Tabilio
Mission to Asia
Mission to Asia
Various
Prester John - The Letter and the Legend
Prester John - The Letter and the Legend
Vsevolod Slessarev
Prester John and Europe's Discovery of East Asia
Prester John and Europe's Discovery of East Asia
I. De Rachewiltz
Searches for an Imaginary Kingdom
Searches for an Imaginary Kingdom
L. N. Gumilev
Sir John Mandeville: The Man and his Book
Sir John Mandeville: The Man and his Book
Malcolm Letts
The Land of Prester John
The Land of Prester John
Elaine Sanceau
The Land of Prester John
The Land of Prester John
Peter Baker
The Prester John of the Indies
The Prester John of the Indies
Francisco Alvares
The Prester Quest
The Prester Quest
Nicholas Jubber
The Realm of Prester John
The Realm of Prester John
Robert Silverberg
The Riddle and the Knight
The Riddle and the Knight
Giles Milton
The Story of the Mongols: Whom We Call the Tartars
The Story of the Mongols: Whom We Call the Tartars
Giovanni Di Plan Carpini
The Travels of John Mandeville
The Travels of John Mandeville
John Mandeville
The Travels of Marco Polo
The Travels of Marco Polo
Marco Polo
The Unfortunate Traveller
The Unfortunate Traveller
Thomas Nashe
Tom a Lincoln (play)
Tom a Lincoln (play)
Anonymous

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