Medieval Christendom's encounter with the alien
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4556842 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Jackson (0000-0002-6002-8166) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 186 |
| Pages | 347-369 |
| Publication date | 2001-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Historical Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0950-3471 • E-ISSN: 1468-2281 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1468-2281.00132 |
| OpenAlex | W2027838698 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
To explain the devastation of eastern Europe in 1241-2 by a hitherto unknown people, the Mongols, Latin Christians resorted to Scripture and to apocalyptic prophecy, notably the seventh-century Revelations of Pseudo-Methodius. They may have been encouraged to do so by information gleaned from contemporary Rus' and the Islamic world and by the Mongols' own notions about their origins. For all the accuracy of their reports, the Friars who visited the Mongol empire in the period 1245-55 were still apparently influenced by this perspective; they also transmitted to the West fresh material derived from the folklore they encountered in Asia
Aesthetics · Alien · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Empire · Folklore · Islam · Literature · Sociology · Byzantine Studies and History · Demography · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History · Medieval Literature and History · Philosophy
Travel Writings on Asia
Everyday Cosmopolitanisms
Western European Sources
Everyday Cosmopolitanisms
Apocalypse and Atonement in the Politics of Æthelredian England
Who Could ‘the Godless Ishmaelites from the Yathrib Desert’ Be to the Author of the Novgorod First Chronicle? The "Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius" in Medieval South and East Slavic Literatures
Monstrous Mongols
Thirteenth and Fourteenth Century European‐Mongol Relations
The Genoese church overseas
| Citations per year | 0.64 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2026 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |