Research Catalog

Title

The mission of Friar William of Rubruck : his journey to the court of the Great Khan Möngke, 1253-1255 / translated by Peter Jackson ; introduction, notes and appendices by Peter Jackson with David Morgan.

Author

Ruysbroeck, Willem van, approximately 1210-approximately 1270.

Publication

London : Hakluyt Society, 1990.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Jackson, Peter, 1948 January 27-
• Morgan, David, 1945-

Description

xv, 312 pages; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Works issued by the Hakluyt Society, 0072- 396 ; 2nd ser., no. 173

Uniform Title

Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 2nd ser., no. 173.

Subjects

• Asia
• Mongols
• Travel
• History
• Early works
• Travel > History
• To 1500
• Asia > Description and travel > Early works to 1800
• Mongolia > Description and travel > Early works to 1800
• Asie > Descriptions et voyages
• Mongolie > Descriptions et voyages
• Franciscains > Missions > Asie > 13e siècle
• Mongols > 13e siècle > Sources
• Récits de voyages > 13e siècle
• Mongols > History > To 1500
• Franciscans Missions > Mongolia > Early works to 1800
• Nestorian Church History > Sources
• Ruysbroeck, Willem van, (1210-approximately 127) > Voyages > Asie
• Möngke (Grand Khan , 1208-1259)

Genre/Form

• Early works.
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-301) and index.

Contents

Chronology of Rubrucks' mission -- The Mongol Imperial family -- Introduction -- Rubruck's report to King Louis IX of France -- Appendices I, The name of the interpreter -- II, The Moxel and the Merdvins/Merdas -- III, Coir Chan -- IV, The place where the Mongol sovereigns were elected -- V, The interview with Batu -- VI, The Vlachs and the Ulac -- VII, The Uighur king and Chinggis Khan's daughter -- VIII, Manichaeism and the creation -- IX, The Seljuk sultanate of Rum (Anatolia)

ISBN

• 0904180298
• 9780904180299

LCCN

91111873

OCLC

• 59852592
• ocm59852592

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries