William of Rubruck: Cosmopolitan Curiosity and Restraint in an Age of Conquest and Mission

D Weaver - Comparative Civilizations Review, 2020 - scholarsarchive.byu.edu
Comparative Civilizations Review, 2020scholarsarchive.byu.edu
William of Rubruck's account of journeying to Mongolia (1253-55) remained relatively
elusive in scholarly and popular discourses. A Franciscan friar, his mission helped
tentatively acquaint two (literally/figuratively) distant civilizations, Latin Christendom and the
Mongol Empire. We may assess the extent to which a critical reading of Rubruck can propel
knowledge of a Christian Eastward mission. Rubruck's account was found to evince a
degree of restraint and cosmopolitan curiosity that not only went against the grain of …
Abstract
William of Rubruck’s account of journeying to Mongolia (1253-55) remained relatively elusive in scholarly and popular discourses. A Franciscan friar, his mission helped tentatively acquaint two (literally/figuratively) distant civilizations, Latin Christendom and the Mongol Empire. We may assess the extent to which a critical reading of Rubruck can propel knowledge of a Christian Eastward mission. Rubruck’s account was found to evince a degree of restraint and cosmopolitan curiosity that not only went against the grain of Christendom’s exceptionalism and expansionism, but also enabled the pursuit of a rudimentary inter-civilizational dialogue.
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