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
Thomas Broughton
12023-12-08T14:49:06-08:00Christopher Taylor // christopher.eric.taylor@gmail.com946e2cf6115688379f338b70e5b6f6c039f8ba6f52812plain2023-12-08T18:38:44-08:00Christopher Taylor // christopher.eric.taylor@gmail.com946e2cf6115688379f338b70e5b6f6c039f8ba6fThomas Broughton (1704-1774) was an English Anglican clergyman and writer responsible for a wide variety of texts, including a two-volume Historical Dictionary of all Religions from the Creation of the World to the Present Times (1742), in which he identifies Prester John as the Dalai Lama.
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1media/Screen Shot 2023-12-04 at 10.05.02 PM.png2023-12-05T13:32:29-08:00An Historical Dictionary7plain2024-01-17T10:55:11-08:00Thomas Broughton's 1742 Historical Dictionary of all Religions from the Creation of the World to the Present Times contains an entry on Prester John which says "see Dalai-Lama," continuing a 17th-18th century trend to link the two figures. See also Jodocus Crull's The Antient and Present State of Muscovy.