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In 1245, Pope Innocent IV sent a series of four missions to the Mongols. The first was led by the Dominican André de Longjumeau, who had already been sent to Constantinople once by Saint Louis to acquire the Crown of thorns from Baldwin II. His travels are known by the reports of Matthew Paris.
Mar 14, 2024 · canon law. papacy. Role In: Council of Lyon. Innocent IV (born 12th century, Genoa—died Dec. 7, 1254, Naples) was one of the great pontiffs of the Middle Ages (reigned 1243–54), whose clash with Holy Roman emperor Frederick II formed an important chapter in the conflict between papacy and empire.
Jul 19, 2019 · Seeking to gauge the intentions of the conquerors and convince them to cease their invasions of Latin Christendom, Pope Innocent IV (r. 1243-1254) sent an embassy with two letters (in Latin) to the Mongol Khan Güyük. Basically, the pope told Guyuk to lay off massacring eastern Europe and to consider converting to Christianity.
Jun 19, 2023 · Güyük Khan, the third Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, sent this letter in 1246 to Pope Innocent IV, who held the papal office during a crucial period of European history. The letter, written in Mongolian, was translated into Latin by the Franciscan friar and diplomat, Giovanni da Pian del Carpine. It was delivered to the papal court in Lyon ...
Pope Innocent IV, however, was not alone in his efforts to establish some sort of accommodation with the Mongols. King Louis IX of France sent expeditions to the Mongol Khans. Although he was not opposed to their conversion to Catholicism, he primarily sought an alliance with them against the Muslims as part of Louis IX's crusading efforts.
Clerical emissaries were sent by Pope Innocent IV and the French King Louis IX on a religious. and diplomatic mission to the Great Khan in far off Mongolia. Thanks to this we have the travel narratives of the Franciscan monks Pian di Carpini and William of. Rubruck, who both relate valuable details about the. musical practices of the Mongols.
A letter from a distant land.In 1246 Güyük Khan came to power in a lavish ceremony attended by many foreign dignitaries - something unthinkable for a Khan bu...
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