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

Voltaire

François-Marie Arouet (1694-1778), known by his pen name of Voltaire, was a central figure of the French Enlightenment. 

His "Essai sur les Moeurs et l'Esprit des Nations" briefly touches on the Prester John legend.

 

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