The collection, consisting of 27 articles, explores the events leading up to the Mongol campaigns in Rus and Eastern Europe in the mid-13th century, analyzing their course and consequences. This publication sheds light on one of the largest military and political upheavals of that time. This was reported by MiddleAsianNews.
Excerpt:
The Mongol expansion into Europe has firmly established its place in historical science. Research on the interactions of various civilizations, their clashes during large-scale military actions, as well as the exchange of information on these issues, attracts the attention of scholars. The new world order created by the Mongols has also become a subject of interest. More and more questions and research approaches to this topic are emerging, and undoubtedly, future studies will open new horizons.
Who will be interested in this book?
The recent surge of interest in the Mongol invasions highlights that there is still much unexplored in the field of military and political history of this event. This publication will be indispensable for anyone interested in this key moment in history, as well as medieval military history in general. Specialists in Eastern Europe and the Mongol world will also find a lot of useful information here.
The full table of contents of the book can be found here.
The book was originally published in Hungarian under the title “Mongol invázió Európa ellen” (1236–1242). The materials from the conference preceding the publication can be viewed here.
Editors
János B. Szabó is the director of the Center for Historical Research at the Hungarian Institute of Research, and Dorottya Uhrin holds the position of associate professor at Eötvös Loránd University. Additional information about their research project dedicated to the Mongol invasions can be found here.
