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William of Rubruck ( Dutch: Willem van Rubroeck; Latin: Gulielmus de Rubruquis; fl. 1248–1255) or Guillaume de Rubrouck was a Flemish Franciscan missionary and explorer. He is best known for his travels to various parts of the Middle East and Central Asia in the 13th century, including the Mongol Empire. His account of his travels is one of ...
Oct 1, 2010 · The journey of William of Rubruck to the eastern parts of the world, 1253-55 : Ruysbroeck, Willem van, ca. 1210-ca. 1270 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive.
A Flemish Franciscan monk, William of Rubruck (Willem van Ruysbroeck, ca. 1210-ca. 1270) wrote the most detailed and valuable of the early Western accounts of the Mongols. William had participated in the crusade of King Louis IX of France to Palestine and there heard about the Mongols from friar Andrew of Longjumeau, a Dominican who had been ...
Mar 20, 2023 · In a 1900 English translation of the 9,000-kilometer journey, William W. Rockhill believed Rubruck’s chronicle across the heart of the Eurasian continent was “a work which should rank as high in the literature of travel as that of Marco Polo, his better-known successor in the field of Asiatic exploration…”
The relative lack of notice attracted by Rubruck's report is all the more regrettable, given the vividness and immediacy of his style. In contrast with Carpini, who writes methodically and with the cool detachment of the diplomat, Rubruck approaches his task to some extent as if drafting his memoirs. His account is charged throughout
Jan 4, 2019 · Voyage of William of Rubruck in 1253 – 1255. On January 4, 1254, Flemish Franciscan missionary and explorer William of Rubruck was granted the privilege of an audience at the great Mongol Möngke Khan in his court in Karakorum . The Franciscan explorer was one of the first Europeans to study the culture of the Mongols.
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William of Rubruck (c. 1220 – c. 1293, or ca. 1210-ca. 1270) was a Flemish Franciscan missionary, monk and explorer. His account is one of the masterpieces of medieval geographical literature comparable to that of Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta and is the most detailed and valuable of the early Western accounts of the Mongols and their leader at ...
