The story of the mysterious oriental leader Prester John, who ruled a land teeming with marvels and might come to the aid of Christians in the Levant, held an i

The legend of Prester John has received much scholarly attention over the last hundred years, but never before have the sources been collected and coherently pr

The town of Kirkcaple, of which and its adjacent parish of Portincross my father was the minister, lies on a hillside above the little bay of Caple, and looks s

This study makes an important contribution to the study of the Prester John legend and will be of interest to a wide range of scholars working in the field of m

From the 14th century onward, political and religious motives led Ethiopian travelers to Mediterranean Europe. For two centuries, their ancient Christian herita