Book contents
- Korea and the Fall of the Mongol Empire
- Korea and the Fall of the Mongol Empire
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Charts
- Maps
- Kings of the Late Goryeo Period
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Child of Empire: 1330–1341
- 2 A Decade at the Yuan Court: 1341–1351
- 3 The Goryeo Dynasty on the Eve of Wang Gi’s Enthronement: 1341–1351
- 4 Becoming the Goryeo King: 1351–1353
- 5 Ally in Collapse: 1354–1355
- 6 Redefining Allegiance: The Summer of 1356
- 7 A Tipping Point: 1357–1367
- 8 Choosing a New Lord: 1368–1370
- 9 A New Age: 1370–1374
- Conclusion
- References
- Index
1 - Child of Empire: 1330–1341
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 March 2022
Book contents
- Korea and the Fall of the Mongol Empire
- Korea and the Fall of the Mongol Empire
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Charts
- Maps
- Kings of the Late Goryeo Period
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Child of Empire: 1330–1341
- 2 A Decade at the Yuan Court: 1341–1351
- 3 The Goryeo Dynasty on the Eve of Wang Gi’s Enthronement: 1341–1351
- 4 Becoming the Goryeo King: 1351–1353
- 5 Ally in Collapse: 1354–1355
- 6 Redefining Allegiance: The Summer of 1356
- 7 A Tipping Point: 1357–1367
- 8 Choosing a New Lord: 1368–1370
- 9 A New Age: 1370–1374
- Conclusion
- References
- Index
Summary
As a boy, what was Wang Gi's experience of the Mongol empire? How did he and the people around him understand the ties between his family and the Chinggisids, between the Goryeo and Yuan polities? Wang Gi left no memoir of his childhood, and detailed – in fact any – accounts of his first years are vanishingly rare. What follows is a reconstruction of some key structural elements that would shape Wang Gi’s life – his family’s relationship with the Chinggisid ruling house, the broad network of personal relationships between the Goryeo and Mongol courts, and the place of the Goryeo dynasty in the wider Mongol empire.
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- Korea and the Fall of the Mongol EmpireAlliance, Upheaval, and the Rise of a New East Asian Order, pp. 19 - 45Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022