The International Prester John Project: How A Global Legend Was Created Across Six Centuries

History of the Popes

Published in seven volumes, Archibald Bower's History of the Popes (1748-1766) unsurprisingly touches on the Prester John legend. Here, Prester John is referred to as the King of Tangut (inhabitants of Western Xia in China), called Lassa [Lhasa] by its inhabitants. 

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