Medievalists.net » Prestor John 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 Sex, Lies, and Paradise: The Assassins, Prester John, and the Fabulation of Civilizational Identities http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/29/sex-lies-and-paradise-the-assassins-prester-john-and-the-fabulation-of-civilizational-identities/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/29/sex-lies-and-paradise-the-assassins-prester-john-and-the-fabulation-of-civilizational-identities/#comments Sun, 29 Jul 2012 13:07:01 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=34268 The more interesting question would be to ask, as a way to begin a critical exchange, why some features in the story of medieval Assassins get attention and become targets of desire while others drop out of sight

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/29/sex-lies-and-paradise-the-assassins-prester-john-and-the-fabulation-of-civilizational-identities/feed/ 0 Waiting For Prester John: the legend, the Fifth Crusade, and medieval Christian holy war http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/28/waiting-for-prester-johnthe-legend-the-fifth-crusade-and-medieval-christian-holy-war/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/28/waiting-for-prester-johnthe-legend-the-fifth-crusade-and-medieval-christian-holy-war/#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2011 20:14:54 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=28234 The legend of Prester John and his magnificent kingdom has captivated scholarly and lay audiences from the twelfth-century through the twenty-first.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/28/waiting-for-prester-johnthe-legend-the-fifth-crusade-and-medieval-christian-holy-war/feed/ 0 The Letters of Eljigidei, Hülegü, and Abaqa: Mongol Overtures or Christian Ventriloquism? http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/27/the-letters-of-eljigidei-hulegu-and-abaqa-mongol-overtures-or-christian-ventriloquism/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/27/the-letters-of-eljigidei-hulegu-and-abaqa-mongol-overtures-or-christian-ventriloquism/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 17:35:11 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=23350 The Letters of Eljigidei, Hülegü, and Abaqa: Mongol Overtures or Christian Ventriloquism? Aigle, Denise (French Institute for the Middle East – Damascus) Inner Asia 7 (2005) Abstract This paper deals with the Great Khans and Ilkhans’ letters, and with the question of their authenticity. Generally, these letters were written in Mongolian, but very few of […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/27/the-letters-of-eljigidei-hulegu-and-abaqa-mongol-overtures-or-christian-ventriloquism/feed/ 0 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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