Proceedings of the 2021 4th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2021)

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

Authors
Junhe Shi1
1BASIS International School Guangzhou, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510663, China,junhe.shi11784@basisinternational-gz.com
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Junhe Shi
Available Online 24 December 2021.
DOI
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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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2021 4th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2021)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
24 December 2021
ISBN
978-94-6239-495-7
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.211220.019How to use a DOI?
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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
Open Access
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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