Preface to the English edition -- Acknowledgments -- Note on transliteration -- List of maps -- Introduction -- The premises -- North: the Pontic Steppes before the Mongol "Squall": Cumans, Byzantium ...

In the 1200s, European rulers trembled before Mongol forces sacking their cities. But then the army withdrew—the reason why is still up for debate. The Mongols besieged the city of Vladimir during ...

Introduction -- The background. Latin Christendom and its neighbours in the early thirteenth century -- A world-empire in the making -- The Mongol threat. The Mongol invasions of 1241-4 -- A remedy ...