Chronica Maiora’s Records on the Mongols
CHRONICA MAIORA’DA MOĞOLLARA DAİR KAYITLAR

Author : Altay Tayfun ÖZCAN
Number of pages : 23-77

Abstract

Matthew Parisiensis who was the one of the most important Engilish historian had wrote a book named Chronica Maiora in the middle of XIII. century. This book gives a lot of informations not only England and France or Germany but also outside of the Europa such as the Middle East or Asia. One of the most important part of Chronica Maiora concerned with the record about Mongol invasion. This book has nearly 30 chapter on Mongol matter. Although some of this he didn’t refrain states his point of view, author never loosed his narrative character and present letters which is kept in the St. Alban’s archive as is. In this study we will examine general value of this sources on Mongol History and present it’s record about them.

Keywords

Mongols, Europe, Middle East, Frederic IInd, Bela IVth

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