02934nam 22005413 450 991100915890332120240805152941.09781802701975(CKB)33670650600041(MiAaPQ)EBC31593629(Au-PeEL)EBL31593629(DE-B1597)690596(DE-B1597)9781802701975(OCoLC)1450839381(MdBmJHUP)musev2_124314(Perlego)4596432(OCoLC)1451796834(EXLCZ)993367065060004120240810d2024 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierReading Prester John Cultural Fantasy and Its Manuscript Contexts1st ed.Amsterdam :Arc Humanities Press,2024.©2024.1 online resource (170 pages)Beyond Medieval Europe Series9781942401834 COVER -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Wonders of the East: Visions of Global Christendom in the Early Middle Ages -- Chapter 2. The Letter of Prester John and its Reception in the Twelfth Century -- Chapter 3. Reading and Reimagining Prester John in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries -- Chapter 4. Prester John, the Mongols, and the Resilience of Wonder -- Chapter 5. The New Horizons of Christendom: Prester John in Africa -- Conclusion -- Appendix. The Letter of Prester John (B Redaction) -- Bibliography -- Index.During the Middle Ages, many Europeans imagined that there existed a powerful and marvel-filled Christian realm beyond the lands of Islam ruled by a devout emperor they called ?Priest John,? or ?Prester John.? Spurred by a forged letter that mysteriously appeared around 1165 and quickly ?went viral? in hundreds of manuscripts across Western Europe, the legend of Prester John and his exotic kingdom was not just a utopian fantasy, but a way to bring contemporary political and theological questions into sharper focus. In this new study, John Eldevik shows how the manuscripts that transmitted the story of Prester John reflect the ways contemporary audiences processed ideas about religious conflict and helped them imagine a new, global dimension of Christianity. It includes an appendix with a new translation of the B recension of?'The Letter of Prester John'.0.Beyond Medieval Europe SeriesHISTORY / MedievalbisacshElectronic books. Christendom.Prester John.mongols.HISTORY / Medieval.745.67Eldevik John1828310MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9911009158903321Reading Prester John4396596UNINA