Prester John 4: Waiting for David

Human Circus: Journeys in the Medieval World

After their success at Damietta, the participants in the Fifth Crusade decide what to do next, and they wait for a certain someone...

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Sources:

• Prester John: The Legend and its Sources, compiled and translated by Keagan Brewer. Taylor & Francis, 2019.
• Crusade and Christendom: Annotated Documents in Translation from Innocent III to the Fall of Acre, 1187-1291. Edited by Jessalynn Bird, et al. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013.
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• Powell, James M. Innocent III: Vicar of Christ Or Lord of the World? Catholic University of America Press, 1994.

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