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They began a long winter journey home. Often, they had to lie on the bare snow or on ground scraped bare of snow with a foot. They reached Kiev on 10 June 1247. There and on their further journey the Slavonic Christians welcomed them as risen from the dead with festive hospitality.
Jul 28, 2024 · Giovanni da Pian del Carpini (born c. 1180, Pian del Carpine?, near Perugia, Umbria [Italy]—died August 1, 1252, Antivari [Bar], Dalmatia?) was a Franciscan friar, the first noteworthy European traveler in the Mongol empire, to which he was sent on a formal mission by Pope Innocent IV.
Aug 1, 2024 · John of Plano Carpini’s voyage to the Mongol Empire was significant for several reasons: Diplomatic and Political Impact : His mission helped to establish the first direct contact between the Papacy and the Mongol rulers, which had important implications for future diplomatic relations and the spread of Christianity in Asia.
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The Mongols are often remembered as ruthless and marauding nomads who would let nothing stand in their way during the height of their power. This characterization is due, at least in part, to hostile historical sources that exaggerated their cruelty in an attempt to discredit them. Some descriptions of this barbarian horde, however, reflect the tru...
Carpini embarked on his journey on Easter Sunday in 1245. Initially, another friar accompanied Carpini, but that friar was eventually left in Kiev. Carpini also recruited a Franciscan interpreter named Benedict the Pole along the route. The group made their way to the Mongol posts at Kanev and then continued on to the Volga River where they met Bat...
Not long after his return, Carpini was appointed archbishop of Antivari in Dalmatia where he recorded his observations from his trip in a large volume of work. Carpini was an astute observer of the tradition and customs of the Mongols while he was in their presence. He recorded his impressions in a manuscript containing various types of style and c...
Giovanni da Pian del Carpini. Historia Mongalorum quos Nos Tartaros appellamus.(The story of the Mongols whom we call the Tartars). Translated by Erik Hildinger. Wellesley, M.A.: Branden Publishing Company, 1996. Marshall, Robert. Storm from the East: From Genghis Khan to Khubilai Khan. Berkeley: University of CaliforniaPress, 1993. Morgan, D. The ...
Jul 30, 2019 · We’ll be following the journey of a 13th century Franciscan as he travels east in 1245 on an epic trek, pre Marco Polo, pre Niccolo and Maffeo Polo even. His name was Giovanni da Pian del Carpine and he went in search of Mongols.
Sent by Pope Innocent IV, the goal of Carpini’s mission was to convince the Great Khan of the Tatars to convert to Catholicism and to encourage him to keep a peaceful relationship between his empire and the Church. Carpini’s journey began in April 1245 and it would take him over two years to return home.
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Despite his infirmities, there is no record that Carpini complained about the hardships of the journey, which began in Lyons, France, on Easter Sunday, April 16, 1245. The immediate destination was Russia, controlled by a Mongol force led by Batu Khan and known as the Golden Horde, and to get there the delegation passed through Bohemia, Poland ...
