The Routledge Handbook of the Mongols and Central-Eastern Europe (Paperback)

Introduction: From the Great Western Campaign to the Decline of the Golden Horde: New Tendencies in the Study of the Mongol Factor in the History of Central-Eastern Europe Alexander V. Maiorov and Roman Hautala Part I: Before and after the Great Western Campaign 1. Omens of the Apocalypse: The First Rus’ Encounter with the Mongols through the Prism of the Medieval Mind Fedor N. Veselov 2. Diplomacy, War, and a Witch: Peace Negotiations before the Mongol Invasion of Rus’ Alexander V. Maiorov 3. The Mongol Invasions of Poland in the Thirteenth Century. The Current State of Knowledge and Perspectives for Future Research Witold ?wi?tosławski 4. Mongol Inroads into Hungary in the Thirteenth Century: Investigating Some Unexplored Avenues Stephen Pow 5. The Bohemian Kingdom and the Mongol ?Invasion? of 1241 Toma? Somer Part II: The Mongols and Central Europe 6. Mongol Attack on the Upper Hungary in 1285 Michal Hole??ak 7. Mongol-Hungarian Encounters in the Fourteenth Centuries Istvan Vasary 8. The Polish-Mongol Conflict over Succession of the Halych and Volhynian Principality in the Middle of the Fourteenth Century Roman Hautala Part III: The Mongols and Southeastern Europe 9. Byzantium and the Mongol World: Contacts and Interaction (from Batu to Tamerlane) Alexander Nikolov 10. A Century of the Tatars ‘Hegemony’: the Golden Horde and Bulgarian Lands (1241?1341) Aleksandar Uzelac Part IV: The Golden Horde and Russia 11. Basqaqs in Rus’: Social Strategy of Power Adrian Jusupovi? 12. From Supreme Judge to Arbitrator: Conflicts of Rus’ Princes under the Golden Horde Khans’ Trial (Case Studies) Roman Iu. Pochekaev 13. The Muscovite Rus’ and the Tatar States in the Second Half of the Fifteenth Century: The Main Trends of Relations Maxim V. Moiseev 14. The Turks in the Grand Principality of Moscow: Migrations, Services, Material Allowance Andrey V. Belyakov Part V: The Golden Horde and Lithuania 15. The Lithuanians and the Tatars: Confrontation from a Safe Distance and Vested Interests in the Common Ground Darius Baronas 16. A Lithuanian Embassy in the Golden Horde in 1348: The Background and Consequences Moshe Grinberg 17. Expansion of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the Middle and the Second Half of the Fourteenth Century and Its Relations with the Horde Vladyslav Gulevych 18. The Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Kingdom of Poland, and the Tatar World in the Fifteenth Century Vladyslav Gulevych Part VI: Trade and Economic Relations 19. The Economics of Mongol Rule in Rus’, 1237?1350 Lawrence Langer 20. Armenian Diasporas between the Golden Horde, Rus’, and Poland: Long-Distance Trade and Diplomatic Services Alexander Osipian 21. Genoa and Venice in the Golden Horde: Politics, Trade, and Society Lorenzo Pubblici Part VII: Cultural Exchange and Church-Religious Interaction 22. Alexander the Great and Other Personages in the ‘Tale of the Battle against Mamai’ Dmitrij M. Bulanin 23. From monstrous creatures to neighboring humans: image of the Mongols in the European book miniatures of the thirteenth-sixteenth centuries Fedor N. Veselov 24. Between the Politics of Accommodation and Independence: Rus’, the Mongols, and the Church, 1237?1350 Lawrence Langer 25. Islamization of the Golden Horde during the Ozbeg Khan’s Rule according to Muslim, Latin and Rus’ian Sources Roman Hautala