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The Mongol “Other” And The Limits Of Europe’S Christian Self-Perception, Kevin Petersen
The Mongol “Other” And The Limits Of Europe’S Christian Self-Perception, Kevin Petersen
Armstrong Undergraduate Journal of History
In a 1250 C.E. letter to Pope Innocent IV regarding a possible Mongol invasion, King Bela IV of Hungary vividly illustrates the self-perception of Europe as a Christian civilization through a conflation of Europe and Christendom. However, the limits of this civilizational self-perception are revealed through an analysis of an earlier series of letters between the chief of the Mongols Guyuk Khan and Pope Innocent IV.