John Eldevik is Professor of History at Hamilton College in Clinton (New York State), and has previously published on medieval social and religious history.
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 Recension)