This is fascinating: apparently evidence for a Chinese stonemason in medieval Norwich... :)https://twitter.com/AngelRoofsofEA/status/906240952301490176 …
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A meeting between King Edward I of England & Rabban Bar Sauma, a monk+diplomat from China who visited 13thC Europe: http://www.aina.org/books/mokk/mokk.htm#c48 …pic.twitter.com/vvT3b6oprP
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Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Dr Caitlin Green
There were also a number of Mongol envoys in Europe & Britain in the 13th–14thC, see https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/835585739442245632 … :)
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Movement in opposite direction too eg Wm of Rubruck encountered Basil, a man of English origin, in Mongolia in 1254: http://www.caitlingreen.org/2017/02/global-britain-brief-chronology.html …
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Likewise the Englishman who was the Mongol envoy to Hungary c.1241; lost everything gambling in Acre, Israel, then went east+joined Mongols…pic.twitter.com/Eu34KimGry
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Would he have been multilingual or would there have been an international language ie Latin?
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Apparently had a gift for languages — learnt several in West Asia and impressed the Mongols with his skills, so they persuaded him to join!
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