The International Prester John Project: How A Global Legend Was Created Across Six CenturiesMain MenuOrientation to ProjectPath One: 1122-1235Path Two: 1236-1310 ADPath Three : 1311-1460 ADPath Four : 1461-1520 ADPath Five: 1521-1699 ADPath Six: 1700-1800 ADChristopher Taylor // christopher.eric.taylor@gmail.com946e2cf6115688379f338b70e5b6f6c039f8ba6f Global Middle Ages
Albrecht von Scharfenberg
1media/Screen Shot 2022-04-11 at 2.27.01 PM.png2015-06-15T11:10:09-07:00Christopher Taylor // christopher.eric.taylor@gmail.com946e2cf6115688379f338b70e5b6f6c039f8ba6f52815image_header2022-04-11T13:28:45-07:00Christopher Taylor // christopher.eric.taylor@gmail.com946e2cf6115688379f338b70e5b6f6c039f8ba6fBorn in Bavaria in the first third of the thirteenth century, Albrecht von Scharfenberg was a romance writer most famous for composing a prequel to Wolfram von Eschenbach's popular German romance, Parzival. Like Wolfram's text, Albrecht's Der jüngere Titurel extends the lore surrounding Prester John into the literary realm by connecting the mythical king to Arthurian legend. Some manuscripts of the text also contain German translations of the Letter of Prester John.
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12016-04-11T11:40:11-07:00Christopher Taylor // christopher.eric.taylor@gmail.com946e2cf6115688379f338b70e5b6f6c039f8ba6fGerman Writers of Prester John Lore7image_header2016-07-10T21:28:24-07:00Christopher Taylor // christopher.eric.taylor@gmail.com946e2cf6115688379f338b70e5b6f6c039f8ba6f
12016-04-22T08:46:30-07:00Christopher Taylor // christopher.eric.taylor@gmail.com946e2cf6115688379f338b70e5b6f6c039f8ba6fAuthors of Literary Texts Inspired by Prester John5image_header2017-01-04T15:11:43-08:00Christopher Taylor // christopher.eric.taylor@gmail.com946e2cf6115688379f338b70e5b6f6c039f8ba6f
