Medievalists.net » Pope Calixtus II http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Prester John: Fiction and History http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/24/prester-john-fiction-and-history/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/24/prester-john-fiction-and-history/#comments Sun, 24 Jul 2011 20:08:49 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=23214 Prester John: Fiction and History Bar-Ilan, Meir History of European Ideas, 20/1-3 (1995) Abstract A Hebrew book of Ben-Sira was published in 1519 in Constantinople, and its appendix includes ‘a copy of the letter that Priesty Juan sent to the Pope in Rome’. Although this story has several versions, its main theme is: Once upon a time, […]

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