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
Jean de Lastic's Letter to King Charles VII
12023-11-24T09:45:33-08:00Christopher Taylor // christopher.eric.taylor@gmail.com946e2cf6115688379f338b70e5b6f6c039f8ba6f52814plain2024-02-11T16:37:03-08:00Christopher Taylor // christopher.eric.taylor@gmail.com946e2cf6115688379f338b70e5b6f6c039f8ba6fIn this letter, Grand Master of the Hospitallers Jean de Lastic writes the French king Charles VII to inform him of the great military successes the Ethiopian Emperor (i.e. Prester John) had acheived against the Muslims. Like earlier Crusader-era texts, the letter sets the expectation that Prester John's military successes through the Muslim world would continue, here into Egypt, Arabia, and Syria.
For the text, see Baum, Verwandlungen, p. 259.
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