The Mongols and the West, 1221-1410

1. Verfasser: Jackson, Peter, 1948 January 27- , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.
Ausgabe: Second Edition.
Umfang/Format: xxiii, 425 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Medieval world
ISBN: 9781138848429
9781138848481
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction
  • Latin Christendom and its neighbours in the early thirteenth century
  • A world-empire in the making
  • The Mongol invasions of 1241-4
  • A remedy against the Tartars
  • The halting of the Mongol advance
  • Images of the enemy
  • From confrontation to coexistence: the golden horde
  • An ally against Islam? The Mongols in the near east
  • Temür (Tamerlane) and Latin Christendom
  • Western traders and adventurers in the Mongol world
  • Mission to the infidel
  • A new world discovered?
  • Conclusion.