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table of contents
  1. List of Maps and Figures
  2. Preface: Artifacts of Our Global Past
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Introduction: The Mongol Archive in Late Medieval France
  5. 1. The Origins of the Mongol Archive in Late Medieval France
  6. 2. Louis IX, the Mongols, and International Court Culture
  7. 3. Eurasian France: The Cumans, the Valois, and Marco Polo
  8. 4. The Mongol Archive and the Library of King Charles V
  9. 5. The Mongol Archive during the Reign of King Charles VI
  10. Conclusion: The Afterlives of the Mongol Archive
  11. Appendix A: France and the Mongols: Textual References, Diplomatic Contacts, and Select Objects, 1221–1422
  12. Appendix B: Objects and the Mongol Archive in Late Medieval France
  13. Bibliography
  14. Index

Copyright © 2025 by Mark Cruse

All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in a review, this book, or parts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher. For information, address Cornell University Press, Sage House, 512 East State Street, Ithaca, New York 14850. Visit our website at cornellpress.cornell.edu.

First published 2025 by Cornell University Press

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Cruse, Mark, author.

Title: The Mongol archive in late medieval France : texts, objects, encounters, 1221–1422 / Mark Cruse.

Description: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2025. | Series: Medieval societies, religions, and cultures | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2024018065 (print) | LCCN 2024018066 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501779350 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781501779374 (epub) | ISBN 9781501779367 (pdf)

Subjects: LCSH: Mongols—History—To 1500. | Europe—Civilization—Oriental influences. | Eurasia—History—To 1500. | France—Civilization—1000–1328. | France—Civilization—1328–1600. | France—Civilization—Foreign influences.

Classification: LCC CB251 .C755 2025 (print) | LCC CB251 (ebook) | DDC 950/.2—dc23/eng/20240723

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024018065

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024018066

Cover illustration: “Nicolo and Marco Polo before the Great Khan.” Detail from Livre des merveilles (Book of Marvels), BNF Fr2810, fol. 5r. Bibliothèque nationale de France (ark:/12148/btv1b52000858n).

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