Mongol histories at the center of Christianity. Het‘um of Korykos and his first readers in Avignon: Marino Sanudo and Paolino of Venice
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https://doi.org/10.6092/1593-2214/534Keywords:
Medieval historiography, Medieval East-West relations, Mongols, Armenians, Het‘um of Korykos (Hayton of Korykos), Avignon papacy.Abstract
Presenting Mongol history from an Armenian perspective, Het‘um of Korykos’ Flor des estoires de la terre d’Orient (1307) introduced to Western audiences previously unknown information about the history, geography, and ethnography of Asia, and it rapidly gained enormous popularity. This article analyzes the first circulation of this text, which took place in the culturally dynamic and lively space of the papal court of Avignon. Under the stimulus of Venetian authors related to the curia, such as Marino Sanudo and Paolino of Venice, the Flor met significant interpretative shifts, crossing different contexts of reception and textual genres and making use of historical writings in new ways.
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