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Giovanni da Pian del Carpine OFM (or Carpini; Latin: Iohannes de Plano Carpini, anglicised as John of Plano Carpini; c. 1185 – 1 August 1252) was a medieval Italian diplomat, Catholic archbishop, explorer and one of the first Europeans to enter the court of the Great Khan of the Mongol Empire.
Giovanni da Pian del Carpini, Franciscan friar who was the first noteworthy European traveler in the Mongol empire. He wrote the earliest important Western work on Central Asia, and his account of Mongol customs and history is probably the best treatment of the subject by any medieval Christian writer.
Giovanni da Pian del Carpine o di Pian del Carpine o da Piano dei Carpini o Iohannes de Plano Carpini (Pian del Carpine, 1182 circa – Antivari, 1º agosto 1252) è stato un arcivescovo cattolico e missionario francescano italiano, autore dell'Historia Mongalorum, un resoconto del suo viaggio in Mongolia nel 1245-1247
Ystoria Mongalorum is a report, compiled by Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, of his trip to the Mongol Empire. Written in the 1240s, it is the oldest European account of the Mongols. Giovanni was the first European to try to chronicle Mongol history.
Nacque a Pian del Carpine, l'odierna Magione, nei pressi di Perugia, in una data incerta, presumibilmente collocabile negli ultimi decenni del XIII secolo. Le prime informazioni sulla sua vita risalgono, infatti, alla Chronica di Giordano da Giano, redatta dopo il 1262. Nulla sappiamo, pertanto, sul periodo della sua vita precedente l'ingresso ...
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In his book, Giovanni da Pian del Carpine tells Europe the secrets of the Far East, and was also the first to do so, using a humble but determined voice. Of course it cannot be denied that this name is unknown to most people, while there is a broad knowledge about Marco Polo's feats and travels.
Giovanni de Piano Carpini (jōvän´nē dā pyä´nō kärpē´nē), c.1180–1252, Italian traveler and Franciscan monk, b. Pian del Carpini (now Piano della Magione), Umbria. He was a companion of St. Francis of Assisi and spread Franciscan teachings in Germany and Spain.
