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The Story of the Mongols Whom We Call Tartars - Friar Giovanni Di Plano Carpini’s Account of his Embassy to the Court of the Mongol Khan
Giovanni Carpini [Giovanni Da Pian Del Carpine], Erik Hildinger (transl.), Adolph Caso (editor)How much do you like this book?
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The story of the Mongols whom we call the Tartars = Historia Mongalorum quos nos Tartaros appellamus : Friar Giovanni di Plano Carpini's account of his embassy to the court of the Mongol Khan
author: Giovanni, da Pian del Carpine, Archbishop of Antivari, d. 1252.
Except for Marco Polo (whose book entitled, The Million, meaning a million lies about a fabulous China), Europeans knew very little about China. When the Mongols pushed out of China in their conquests to the west, suddenly the Europeans were faced with a veritable threat. In 1241,
Mongols had killed more than 100,000 knights and soldiers in Russia, Poland and Hungary. In addition, the invaders laid waste to the land like no other force in history. Pope Gregory IX, understanding too well the threat of doom, was helpless because Europe knew nothing about those invaders; worse, there was no standing army to meet the challenge. The Pope put together a team of missionaries to go to China with the secret mission of gathering appropriate intelligence to bring back. Friar Giovanni Carpini did exactly that. He went to China, gathered the
information, wrote them down in Latin, and presented them to the Pope. His extensive report, however, was never published. The present English translation by Hildinger is the first ever to be published in English, and may still be one of a kind in the world.
author: Giovanni, da Pian del Carpine, Archbishop of Antivari, d. 1252.
Except for Marco Polo (whose book entitled, The Million, meaning a million lies about a fabulous China), Europeans knew very little about China. When the Mongols pushed out of China in their conquests to the west, suddenly the Europeans were faced with a veritable threat. In 1241,
Mongols had killed more than 100,000 knights and soldiers in Russia, Poland and Hungary. In addition, the invaders laid waste to the land like no other force in history. Pope Gregory IX, understanding too well the threat of doom, was helpless because Europe knew nothing about those invaders; worse, there was no standing army to meet the challenge. The Pope put together a team of missionaries to go to China with the secret mission of gathering appropriate intelligence to bring back. Friar Giovanni Carpini did exactly that. He went to China, gathered the
information, wrote them down in Latin, and presented them to the Pope. His extensive report, however, was never published. The present English translation by Hildinger is the first ever to be published in English, and may still be one of a kind in the world.
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Year:
1996
Edition:
paperback ed. 2017
Publisher:
Branden Books
Language:
english
Pages:
70
ISBN 10:
0828320179
ISBN 13:
9780828320177
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PDF, 6.46 MB
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english, 1996
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