LLC-2045 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Saint Thomas Christians, Biblical Magi, Orinoco
28 Aug 2017
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Columbus" desire to find a westward sea passage to asia (or, To obtain a licence from the rulers of japan & china to establish a private trade in gold & spices with his patron, spain. Preconceived ideas, images: from marco polo and sir john. Mandeville, as a land inhabited by monsters and other exotic beasts. Prester john is a legendary christian patriarch and king popular in european chronicles and tradition from the 12th through the. He was said to rule over a nestorian (church of the east) christian nation lost amid the muslims and pagans of the orient, in which the patriarch of the saint thomas. The accounts are varied collections of medieval popular fantasy, depicting prester john as a descendant of the three magi, ruling a kingdom full of riches, marvels, and strange creatures. Columbus dreamt of the supposed riches of his kingdom. Rather than another political hoax faded from historical memory,
