{"product_id":"the-mongol-archive-in-late-medieval-france-texts-objects-encounters-1221-1422-hardback-9781501779350","title":"The Mongol Archive in Late Medieval France; Texts, Objects, Encounters, 1221–1422 (Hardback) 9781501779350","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Mongol Archive in Late Medieval France\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTexts, Objects, Encounters, 1221–1422\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMark Cruse (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501779350\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 February 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e360 pages, 26 color halftones, 2 maps - 2 Maps - 26 Halftones, color\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Mongol Archive in Late Medieval France\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is the first comprehensive study of contact between France and the Mongols in the late Middle Ages.\u003c\/b\u003e As these realms expanded across Eurasia—the French through crusade and settlement, the Mongols through conquest—their encounters altered each other's understanding of the world and their place in it. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Mongol influence on French culture is visible in what Mark Cruse calls the Mongol archive—a wide range of materials including chronicles, crusade treatises, encyclopedias, manuscript illuminations, maps, romances, and travel accounts—revealing how the French court made sense of a people previously unknown to the European intellectual tradition. Cruse mines this archive of Franco-Mongol contact to reassess France's place in the continental history of medieval Eurasia. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBy comparing the French and Mongol courts, Cruse shows how their similarities allowed meaningful communication between them and highlights the surprising connections—diplomatic, intellectual, and genealogical—across vast distances. The library of King Charles V (r. 1364–1380), one of the largest in medieval Europe, is a monument to the richness of these encounters, which anticipate the global interconnectedness of the modern world. Ultimately, the innovative approach in \u003ci\u003eThe Mongol Archive in Late Medieval France \u003c\/i\u003etoward French conceptions of and relations with the Mongols demonstrates how a global perspective transforms our understanding of the medieval world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Mongol Archive in Late Medieval France\u003cbr\u003e The Origins of the Mongol Archive in Late Medieval France\u003cbr\u003e Louis IX, the Mongols, and International Court Culture\u003cbr\u003e Eurasian France\u003cbr\u003e The Mongol Archive and the Library of King Charles V\u003cbr\u003e The Mongol Archive during the Reign of King Charles VI\u003cbr\u003e The Afterlives of the Mongol Archive\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52670818746648,"sku":"9781501779350","price":43.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-mongol-archive-in-late-medieval-france-texts-objects-encounters-1221-1422-hardback-9781501779350","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}