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Chapters 1–10 relate general observations about the Mongols and their customs, while chapters 11–40 give an account of the course and the events of William's voyage. In the report, he described the peculiarities of the Mongol Empire as well as many geographical observations.
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 ...
These words written by Friar William of Rubruck (c.1210 - c.1270) in his report to King Louis IX of France preface a detailed account of the Flemish Franciscan monk’s travels to the Mongolian courts of Batu and Möngke Khan in 1253-1255.
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 the time Mongke Khan.
Jan 4, 2019 · 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.
The Franciscan Friar William of Rubruck has often been described as an envoy of King Louis IX of France, but in fact he made his journey from Palestine to the Mongols (or Tartars, as they were commonly known in the West) early in 1253 in a missionary capacity and, as he told his Mongol interlocutors more than once, in accordance with the Rule ...
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. Born in Rubrouck, Flanders, he is known also as William of Rubruk, Willem van Ruysbroeck, Guillaume de Rubrouck or Willielmus de Rubruquis.
