The Mongol “Other” and the Limits of Europe’s Christian Self-Perception

Authors

Kevin Petersen, Columbia UniversityFollow

Abstract

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.

First Page

39

Last Page

50

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Recommended Citation

Petersen, Kevin (2022) "The Mongol “Other” and the Limits of Europe’s Christian Self-Perception," Armstrong Undergraduate Journal of History: Vol. 12: Iss. 2, Article 3.
DOI: 10.20429/aujh.2022.120203
Available at: https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/aujh/vol12/iss2/3