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Peter (Übers.) Jackson

The Mission of Friar William of Rubruck

His Journey to the Court of the Great Khan Moengke, 1253 1255

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William of Rubruck was a Franciscan friar who wrote the first great travel book about Asia. In 1253--55 he made the journey from the Holy Land to the court of the Great Khan Möngke at Qaraqorum in Mongolia and back again. . . . William was interested in all that he saw. . . . His account is particularly vivid because he related to the individual people he met. This is the first annotated translation to be made from the definitive Latin text published by A. Van den Wyngaert in 1929, and Peter Jackson and David Morgan are to be congratulated on producing an exemplary edition. The historical introduction is comprehensive and succinct, the transl… Mehr

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Produktdetails


  • ISBN: 978-0-87220-981-7
  • EAN: 9780872209817
  • Produktnummer: 16589880
  • Verlag: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
  • Seitenangabe: 328 S.
  • Masse: H21.4 cm x B14.1 cm x D2.1 cm 282 g
  • Gewicht: 282
  • Sonstiges: Undergraduate

Über den Autor


Peter Jackson is Professor of Medieval History, Keele University, UK. David Morgan is Professor of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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