LEADER 02934nam 22005413 450 001 9911009158903321 005 20240805152941.0 010 $a9781802701975 035 $a(CKB)33670650600041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31593629 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31593629 035 $a(DE-B1597)690596 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781802701975 035 $a(OCoLC)1450839381 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_124314 035 $a(Perlego)4596432 035 $a(OCoLC)1451796834 035 $a(EXLCZ)9933670650600041 100 $a20240810d2024 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aReading Prester John $eCultural Fantasy and Its Manuscript Contexts 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aAmsterdam :$cArc Humanities Press,$d2024. 210 4$dİ2024. 215 $a1 online resource (170 pages) 225 1 $aBeyond Medieval Europe Series 311 08$a9781942401834 327 $aCOVER -- 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. 330 8 $aDuring the Middle Ages, many Europeans imagined that there existed a powerful and marvel-filled Christian realm beyond the lands of Islam ruled by a devout emperor they called ?Priest John,? or ?Prester John.? Spurred by a forged letter that mysteriously appeared around 1165 and quickly ?went viral? in hundreds of manuscripts across Western Europe, the legend of Prester John and his exotic kingdom was not just a utopian fantasy, but a way to bring contemporary political and theological questions into sharper focus. In this new study, John Eldevik shows how the manuscripts that transmitted the story of Prester John reflect the ways contemporary audiences processed ideas about religious conflict and helped them imagine a new, global dimension of Christianity. It includes an appendix with a new translation of the B recension of?'The Letter of Prester John'.0. 410 0$aBeyond Medieval Europe Series 606 $aHISTORY / Medieval$2bisacsh 608 $aElectronic books. 610 $aChristendom. 610 $aPrester John. 610 $amongols. 615 7$aHISTORY / Medieval. 676 $a745.67 700 $aEldevik$b John$01828310 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9911009158903321 996 $aReading Prester John$94396596 997 $aUNINA