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Pope Honorius III (fl.1216 - 1227), in a letter dated 20 June 1221, referred to "forces coming from the Far East to rescue the Holy Lan...

Hugh of Jabala tells Pope Eugene about Prester John Many of you know about the decades when the papacy was headquartered in Avignon (fi...

Dimashq. دمشق. Dimishe'. al-Sh ām. The City of Jasmine. "Oldest continuously inhabited city in the world." Damascus. I...

In the Middle Ages, the evidence suggests that Ethiopia was a Christian nation surrounded by hostile Muslim territories. Medieval manuscript...

Prester John on his throne Almost 100 manuscripts exist that are part of the legend of Prester John , mostly copies of the letter suppos...

That "inaccessible area" in Asia mentioned in the Finding Paradise entry fascinated Europeans. Knowledge of the lands to the ea...