{"product_id":"the-mongol-archive-in-late-mark-cruse-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\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501779354\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501779350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Mark Cruse","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46250410639615,"sku":"9781501779350","price":66.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b06c27d1-7dae-44a9-8ab6-868dd23680f2.jpg?v=1729600260","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-mongol-archive-in-late-mark-cruse-9781501779350","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}