The Voyage of Johannes de Plano Carpini
The Voyage of Johannes de Plano Carpini

Author: Johannes De Plano Carpini

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2012-09-20

Total Pages: 78

ISBN-13: 9781479374298

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Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, or John of Plano Carpini or John of Pian de Carpine or Joannes de Plano (1182 - August 1, 1252) was one of the first Europeans to enter the court of the Great Khan of the Mongol Empire. He is the author of the earliest important Western account of northern and central Asia, Rus, and other regions of the Mongol dominion. He was the Serbian Primate and Archbishop of Antivari from 1247 to 1252. "The voyage of Iohannes de Plano Carpini" is the report, compiled by Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, of his trip to the Mongol Empire and presented to Pope Innocent IV, and later translated by Richard Hakluyt from the original Latin. Written in the 1240s, it is the oldest European account of the Mongols. Carpine was the first European to try to chronicle Mongol history. The report gives a narrative of his journey, what he had learned about Mongol history, as well as Mongol customs of the time. Many scholars have speculated that Carpine was undoubtedly on a spy mission because the largest portion of the report consists of detailed descriptions of how well prepared the Mongols were for war and suggestions of how the various military leaders might resist them.

The Fire, the Star and the Cross
The Fire, the Star and the Cross

Author: Aptin Khanbaghi

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2006-02-22

Total Pages: 285

ISBN-13: 0857712667

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Although today the region is mostly identified with Islam, it has been home to many other great cultures, and the civilization of the Islamic world is itself indebted to the various peoples that the Arabs subdued in the 7th and 8th centuries. Far from fading away after the Arab conquest, the inhabitants of the Iranian plateau and of Mesopotamia were central players in the lives of their regions. However, the magnitude of their contribution to the emergence of the early Islamic world has hitherto been neglected. In this fascinating and groundbreaking study, Khanbaghi offers a comprehensive discussion of those groups that resisted assimilation to the new Islamic order yet continued to participate actively in the socio-political life of their homeland. He concentrates on Iran, which due to its complex religious history offers unique opportunities for the study of non-Muslim communities, specifically of Zoroastrians, Jews and Christians.Aptin Khanbaghi has written an important and fascinating book which aims to present a thorough evaluation of the historical contributions made by religious minorities - Zoroastrians, Jews and Christians - to the societal and cultural physiognomy of the lands of Iran in pre-modern and early modern times. His general perspective and his broad treatment of the topic are quite new, while his use of sources and of the secondary literature is genuinely impressive. The Fire, the Star and the Cross makes a very significant and original contribution to our knowledge and understanding of Iranian history and civilization during an era when the foundations were laid for the emerging modern Iranian state.'BERT G FRAGNER, Director of the Institute of Iranian Studies, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna

The Principal Nauigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoueries of the English Nation, Made by Sea Or Ouer-land, to the Remote and Farthest Distant Quarters of the Earth, at Any Time Within the Compasse of These 1600. Yeres: Deuided Into Three Seuerall Volumes, According to the Positions of the Regions, Whereunto They Were Directed. The First Volume Containeth the Worthy Discoueries, &c. of the English ... The Second Volume Comprehendeth the Principall Nauigations ... to the South and South-east Parts of the World ...
The Principal Nauigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoueries of the English Nation, Made by Sea Or Ouer-land, to the Remote and Farthest Distant Quarters of the Earth, at Any Time Within the Compasse of These 1600. Yeres: Deuided Into Three Seuerall Volumes, According to the Positions of the Regions, Whereunto They Were Directed. The First Volume Containeth the Worthy Discoueries, &c. of the English ... The Second Volume Comprehendeth the Principall Nauigations ... to the South and South-east Parts of the World ...

Author: Richard Hakluyt

Publisher:

Published: 1599

Total Pages: 658

ISBN-13:

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Our Dogs, Our Selves
Our Dogs, Our Selves

Author:

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2016-09-12

Total Pages: 461

ISBN-13: 9004328610

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The ubiquity of references to dogs in medieval and early modern texts and images must at some level reflect their actual presence in those worlds, yet scholarly consideration of this material is rare and scattered across diverse sources. This volume addresses that gap, bringing together fifteen essays that examine the appearance, meaning, and significance of dogs in painting, sculpture, manuscripts, literature, and legal records of the period, reaching beyond Europe to include cultural material from medieval Japan and Islam. While primarily art historical in focus, the authors approach the subject from a range of disciplines and with varying methodology that ultimately reveals as much about dogs as about the societies in which they lived. Contributors are Kathleen Ashley, Jane Carroll, Emily Cockayne, John Block Friedman, Karen M. Gerhart, Laura D. Gelfand, Craig A. Gibson, Walter S. Gibson, Nathan Hofer, Jane C. Long, Judith W. Mann, Sophie Oosterwijk, Elizabeth Carson Pastan, Donna L. Sadler, Alexa Sand, and Janet Snyder.