Mongols & the West 1221-1410
Jackson

The Mongols had a huge impact on medieval Europe and the Islamic world.  This book provides a comprehensive survey of contacts between the Catholic West and the Mongol world-empire from the first appearance of Chinggis Khan's armies in 1221 down to the death of Tamerlane (1405) and the battle of Tannenberg (1410).This book considers the Mongols as allies as well as conquerors; the perception of them in the West; the papal response to the threat (and opportunity) they presented;  the fate of the Frankish principalities in the Holy Land in the path of the Mongol onslaught; Western European embassies and missions to the East; and the impact of the Mongols on the expanding world view of the maturing Middle Ages.For courses in crusading history and medieval European history.Reassesses relations between the Catholic West and the Mongols from the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries Assesses the impact of Mongol-Western contacts on the West's knowledge of the world down to the voyages of Columbus and Cabot Provides a close study of relations with the Golden Horde in Eastern Europe down to the early 15th century Investigates Western dealings with Temur (Tamerlane), the last 'Mongol' (or Tartar) conqueror to figure as a potential ally against the Muslims Surveys Western European commercial operations in the Mongol world"...an excellent addition to a distinguished series.""...a work of careful scholarship and of well sustained arguments which challenge received opinions about the Mongol impact on Europe. I enjoyed reading it immensely, and recommend it unreservedly."Bernard Hamilton - JRAS, Series 3 - Volume 15/3 - 2005 "Professor Peter Jackson's breadth of reading is admirable and his exact notes are full of precious information about sources and secondary literature. His command of languages is breathtaking, including as it does Persian, Polish and Hungarian.""It is both a scholarly study and a profound and useful handbook for specialists, and, as such, this clearly written book will be read all over the world. It would also be suitable for a university course book"Antti Ruotsala - Institute of Historical Research review, April 2006

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Wydawnictwo: angielskie
Data wydania: b.d
Kategoria: Socjologia, filozofia
ISBN: 978-0-582-36896-5
Liczba stron: 0