{"product_id":"the-mongol-archive-in-late-medieval-france-texts-objects-encounters-1221-1422-9781501779350","title":"The Mongol Archive in Late Medieval France: Texts, Objects, Encounters, 1221-1422","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Cruse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Medieval Societies, Religions, and Cultures\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.9lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.11h x 6.40w x 0.99d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501779350","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43349282947209,"sku":"9781501779350","price":66.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_1c6d2fd4-c70d-4678-8c48-4b6aff4d4f03.jpg?v=1739259086","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-mongol-archive-in-late-medieval-france-texts-objects-encounters-1221-1422-9781501779350","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}