Voyage dans l'Empire mongol 1253-1255. Antique during the summer of 2009

during the summer of 2009

Montélimart

his encounters

This book seeks to redress this situation by focusing on the study of the Islamic fortresses of the Principality of Damascus

whether ancient

Voyage dans l'Empire mongol 1253-1255. Antique during the summer of 2009Translated, annotated, and commented by Claire and Ren Kappler. 16,000 kilometers in two years, partly on foot, but mostly on horseback: from Constantinople to Qaraqorum, capital of the Steppe Empire. Several years before Marco Polo, the account of Father William of Rubruck, envoy of Saint Louis to the Great Khan, is one of the first texts to reveal to the West the wonders of the Mongol order and its empire. An exceptional medieval historical document