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    Giovanni da Pian del Carpine OFM (or Carpini; Latin: Iohannes de Plano Carpini, anglicised as John of Plano Carpini; c. 1185 – 1 August 1252) was a medieval...
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    Tatars is demonstrably derived from the work of the Franciscan Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, who went as the pope's ambassador to the Tatars in 1245–1247;...
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    Giovanni da Pian del Carpine with Benedykt Polak. None of them however reached China itself. Later travelers such as Odoric of Pordenone and Giovanni...
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  • the report of Friar Benedict of Poland about the 1246 trip of Giovanni da Pian del Carpine through the camp of Mongol prince Batu Khan on the shores of...
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    Conti (1395–1469) Andrea Corsali (1487–?) Antonio da Noli (1418–1496) Giovanni da Pian del Carpine (1185–1252) Ardito Desio (1897–2001) Alfonso de Tonti...
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    cities of Russia with the exceptions of Novgorod and Pskov. Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, the Pope's envoy to the Mongol Great Khan, traveled through...
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    number of spelling variants. The name occurs in the writings of Giovanni da Pian del Carpine (c. 1180–1252) (as Kitaia), and William of Rubruck (c. 1220–c...
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  • by Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, of his trip to the Mongol Empire. Written in the 1240s, it is the oldest European account of the Mongols. Giovanni was...
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    weapons. The Ystoria Mongalorum, written by Italian diplomat Giovanni da Pian del Carpine (Latin: Iohannes de Plano Carpini) in Latin just after he visited...
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    Cumania, and the Caucasus for around 250 years. According to Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, Batu was "kind enough to his own people, but he is greatly feared...
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    diplomatic travels to the Yuan imperial court, while others such as Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, Benedykt Polak, and William of Rubruck traveled instead to Outer...
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    friar, traveler, explorer, and interpreter. Benedict accompanied Giovanni da Pian del Carpine in his journey as delegate of Pope Innocent IV to the Great Khan...
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    as a werewolf. Medieval travellers Giovanni da Pian del Carpine and Marco Polo both mention cynocephali. Giovanni writes of the armies of Ögedei Khan...
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    missionaries sent to the Mongols. These include Franciscan explorers Giovanni da Pian del Carpine in 1245 and William of Rubruck in 1253. The link between Prester...
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    and 14th centuries, such as Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, William of Rubruck, Marco Polo, Odoric of Pordenone and Giovanni de' Marignolli, mentioned the...
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    Retrieved 20 February 2024. Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, Ystoria Mongalorum (1240s) Modern edition: DiPlano Carpini, Giovanni (Author) - Hildinger, Erik...
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    Mongol horses is exceptional. The thirteenth-century archbishop Giovanni da Pian del Carpine was one of the first Westerners to describe Mongol horses, observing...
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    sophisticated civilisation in China to other early accounts by Giovanni da Pian del Carpine and William of Rubruck, who portrayed the Mongols as 'barbarians'...
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    Georgia in 1221 was only equipped lightly with bow and arrows. Giovanni da Pian del Carpine describing Mongol lamellar armour: The upper part of their helmet...
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    the princely title of Kiev to Alexander Nevsky. According to Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, Güyük was of "medium stature, very prudent and extremely shrewd...
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    been described in great detail by European travellers including Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, William of Rubruck, Marco Polo, and Odoric of Pordenone. While...
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  • (2009), p. 52 Richard Hakluyt, Charles Raymond Beazley, Giovanni, Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, Hakluyt Society, Willem van Ruysbroeck, Geoffrey, William...
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  • and in Asia that of the Italian Friar Giovanni da Pian del Carpine. With William's party were Bartolomeo da Cremona, an attendant called Gosset, and...
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    Altaic Series Richard Hakluyt, Charles Raymond Beazley, Giovanni, Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, Hakluyt Society, Willem van Ruysbroeck, Geoffrey, William...
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    resistance and killed many Tatars, including many noble ones. — Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, report from 1250 This twelve year old siege is not found in...
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    unification under the Mongol Empire. 1245–1247: The Italian Franciscan Giovanni da Pian del Carpine appointed Papal Legate and accompanied by Stephen of Bohemia...
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    This is attested to by one primary source: the chronicle of Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, who after visiting the Mongol court, stated that the Mongols...
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    Seventh Crusade against Egypt, sent his Franciscan emissary Giovanni da Pian del Carpine to the Great Khan of the Mongols in Qaraqorum to seek an alliance...
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    Published 18 November 2010. ISBN 9781843835967 Tartar Relation, Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, ~1248. Page 80. Jerzy Maroń. Koczownicy i rycerze. Najazd Mongołów...
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    resistance and killed many Tatars, including many noble ones. — Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, report from 1250 This twelve-year-old siege is not found in...
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