Reexamining the Religious Policy in the Mongol Empire: A Study of William of Rubruck

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10.2991/assehr.k.211220.019How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Mongol Empire; Christianity; religious toleration; diplomacy

Abstract

Although the religious situation in the Mongol Empire has been extensively researched, the reasons for the Mongols’ tolerant but anti-conversion religious stance toward visiting missionaries remain a mystery. This paper argues the Mongol religious attitude to be one of their political and diplomatic measures to maintain their cultural domination over minority populations, based on a careful examination of William of Rubruck’s Account of the Mongols. It fills a gap in the present literature on the Mongol Empire’s religious policy.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Junhe Shi
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/12/24
TI  - Reexamining the Religious Policy in the Mongol Empire: A Study of William of Rubruck
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 4th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 109
EP  - 112
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211220.019
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211220.019
ID  - Shi2021
ER  -