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- The Cambridge History of the Mongol Empire
- The Cambridge History of the Mongol Empire
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures in Volume I
- Figures in Volume II
- Maps in Volume I
- Maps in Volume II
- Tables in Volume I
- Contributors to Volume I
- Contributors to Volume II
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Dates and Transliterations
- Abbreviations
- Volume I
- Volume II
- Volume II Part 1 Literary Sources
- 1 Persian Sources
- 2 Chinese Sources
- 3 Mongolian Sources
- 4 Arabic Sources
- 5 Rus′ian-Language Sources
- 6 Western European Sources
- 7 Armenian Sources
- 8 Georgian Sources
- 9 Turkic and Chaghatay Sources
- 10 Tibetan Sources
- 11 Korean Sources
- 12 Syriac Sources
- 13 Uighur Sources
- 14 Greek Sources
- 15 Tangut Sources
- 16 Hebrew Sources
- Volume II Part 2 Archaeological and Visual Sources
- Index to Volume I
- Index to Volume II
- References
5 - Rus′ian-Language Sources
from Volume II Part 1 - Literary Sources
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 January 2024
- The Cambridge History of the Mongol Empire
- The Cambridge History of the Mongol Empire
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures in Volume I
- Figures in Volume II
- Maps in Volume I
- Maps in Volume II
- Tables in Volume I
- Contributors to Volume I
- Contributors to Volume II
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Dates and Transliterations
- Abbreviations
- Volume I
- Volume II
- Volume II Part 1 Literary Sources
- 1 Persian Sources
- 2 Chinese Sources
- 3 Mongolian Sources
- 4 Arabic Sources
- 5 Rus′ian-Language Sources
- 6 Western European Sources
- 7 Armenian Sources
- 8 Georgian Sources
- 9 Turkic and Chaghatay Sources
- 10 Tibetan Sources
- 11 Korean Sources
- 12 Syriac Sources
- 13 Uighur Sources
- 14 Greek Sources
- 15 Tangut Sources
- 16 Hebrew Sources
- Volume II Part 2 Archaeological and Visual Sources
- Index to Volume I
- Index to Volume II
- References
Summary
Sources that contain testimonies regarding the part of the Mongol Empire known to the Rus′ can be divided into three broad genre categories: chronicles, tales and saints’ lives, and documents. Rus′ sources from the first encounter of the Rus′ with the Mongols in 1223 through the seventeenth century concerning the Ulus of Jochi and its successor khanates can be divided into three chronological phases: 1223−1252, 1252−1448, and post-1448. Those written during the first phase, 1223−1252, initially express bewilderment about who the Mongols are and simply explain their presence as God’s punishment for the sins of the Rus′. Soon, however, they begin to disparage the Mongols and their Tatar subjects. Between 1252 and 1448, the Tatars are presented in neutral (non-disparaging) terms. After 1448, church writings revert to the pre-1252 pejorative terminology about the Mongol–Tatars and expand on the slurs and denigrations. State documents, in contrast, maintain neutral verbiage.
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- The Cambridge History of the Mongol Empire , pp. 1046 - 1069Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023