The Mongols, their conquests, and the travellers who went to see them were all going to necessitate some changes to the Prester John narrative. This episode is all about those changes.
Prester John 4: Waiting for David
Prester John 3: The Fifth Crusade
Prester John 2.5: Papal Correspondence
Prester John 2: Where From and What For
Prester John 1: The Letter
Medieval Lives 2: Ramon Llull
Abd-al-Razzāq Samarqandī 3: To Home, to Herat
Abd-al-Razzaq Samarqandi 2: City of Victory
Abd-al-Razzaq Samarqandi 1: The Unwilling Envoy
Medieval Lives 1: al-Ghazāl
Ruy Gonzalez de Clavijo 6: There and Back Again
Ruy Gonzalez de Clavijo 5: A Season of Feasting at Samarkand
Ruy Gonzalez de Clavijo 4: Sickness & Heat, Melons & Meat
Ruy Gonzalez de Clavijo 3: Of the Water and the Mountains
Ruy Gonzalez de Clavijo 2: Sacred Objects in the Imperial City
Halloween Mini Episode: The Trouble at Froda
Ruy Gonzalez de Clavijo 1: Byzantine Entanglements
In 1403, Henry III of Castile sent ambassadors to Timur (Tamerlane), among them a man named Ruy Gonzalez de Clavijo. In this episode, we cover the context and depart from port near Cadiz, travel the length of the Mediterranean, and visit Lesbos where we spend time with the ruling family and their involvements in Byzantine imperial politics.