I: Medieval Background: Western Travelers and Eastern Christians; II: Christians from Beyond Islam and the Council of Florence; III: The Council of Florence and the Portuguese Princes; IV: Early Latin Chapbooks and the Christians of the Indies; V: The Christians of Ethiopia and India in Vernacular Verse; VI: Portugal, Prester John, and the Christians of St. Thomas; VII: Renaissance Finale: Ethiopian Submission to the Pope in Bologna; VIII: The Age of Latin Arrogance; List of Early Printed Books 1467-1546; Bibliography; Index
Summary
Most writers have considered that the great European explorations during the Age of Discovery were motivated primarily by a thirst for knowledge of other lands, desire for international trade, or missionary zeal. Professor Rogers demonstrates that there w
