Naslov
European clerics and missionaries on Mongols: The perception of steppe barbarians in 13th century Europe

Autori
Sardelić, Mirko

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, znanstveni

Skup
14th Annual Harvard East Asia Society Conference

Mjesto i datum
Cambridge (MA), Sjedinjene Američke Države, 25.02.2011. - 27.02.2011

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
Mongols/Tatars; barbarians; Roger of Apulia; Thomas of Spalato; Matthew Paris; John de Plano Carpini; William of Rubruck; apocalyptic imagery

Sažetak
Two church dignitaries of the Split See, archbishop Roger of Apulia (1250-1266), and archdeacon Thomas of Spalato (1232- 1268), are the authors of the only two extensive immediate reports on the Mongol invasion of Europe in 1241/42. Both of them were in direct contact with the invaders: the former as their long-term prisoner of war, the latter as a resident of the city the Mongols intended to lay siege on. This paper deals with the analysis of their texts, but its primary purpose is to picture the image, through the reports they wrote and the ones of their peers, that Europeans had of Mongols (Tatars). Special attention is given to the contrast between the two topoi (the barbaric and the apocalyptic one) and the demystified image of Mongols, i.e. their flesh-and-blood rather than ‘demonic’ nature.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Povijest

POVEZANOST RADA