Matthew Paris on the Mongol Invasion in Europe (Cultural Encounters in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, 38) (English and Latin Edition)

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This is a novel, interdisciplinary study of the Mongol military campaign in Eastern Europe (1241-1242) - the North, as thirteenth-century Europeans saw the region - in the works of contemporary English chronicler, Matthew Paris of St Albans Monastery. Tracing the journey of his sources, the volume explores thirteenth-century information networks against the backdrop of the struggle between Emperor Frederick II and Pope Innocent IV. Parallel to the history of information, the subject of the study is the Chronica majora and its afterlife, Matthew's chronicle world where the sometimes fictitious (and often very real) episodes of the Mongol story unfold. Tracing major landmarks in the meta-history of the Chronica majora, the author wishes to emancipate Matthew Paris as a historian - one in the series of a multitude of others who continue to write and rewrite the history of the Mongol invasion across centuries of historiography. The volume is a handy companion both to scholars of English historiography and those who want to read critically the oft-cited primary sources of the history of the Mongol military operations in Europe. Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1. Inside the Book Chapter 2. Outside the Book Chapter 3. Fright. Mongols in the North and East (1237–1240) Chapter 4. Fight. Mongols in the Middle (1241) Chapter 5. Flight. Rivalling Stories of Retreat (1243–1248) Chapter 6. Letters from the Afflicted Lands in the Additamenta Chapter 7. The Afterlife of Matthew’s Mongol Story Appendix 1. Alternating Storylines: Europe, Britain, and the Holy Land in 1237 Appendix 2. Comparison of Phrases Appendix 3. Alternating Frederick’s Story Appendix 4. Mongol-Related Entries and Clusters: 1241 Appendix 5. Events and Rumours: 1241 vs 1244 Appendix 6. List of Manuscripts Bibliography Index Cultural Encounters in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages