A flemish franciscan monk william of rubruck willem van ruysbroeck ca 1210 ca 1270 wrote the most detailed and valuable of the early western accounts of the mongols william had participated in the crusade of king louis ix of france to palestine and there heard about the mongols from friar andrew of longjumeau a dominican who had been involved in papal diplomacy aimed at trying to enlist the mongols in the christian crusade against the muslims rubruck then decided to undertake his . William of rubrucks account of the mongols at this place where we reached etilia the tartars have made a new village with a mixed population of ruthenians and saracens and they ferry across the envoys going to and coming from the ordu of baatu for baatu is on the farther bank to the east neither does he go beyond compre the journal of william de rubruck account of the mongols william of . Rubruck chapter i these words written by friar william of rubruck c1210 c1270 in his report to king louis ix of france preface a detailed account of the flemish franciscan monks travels to the mongolian courts of batu and mongke khan in 1253 1255. William of rubrucks account of the mongols william of rubrucks account of the mongols file lenore purple nurples roman dirges lenore the signs of the times the new ark and the coming ingdom of the divine will gods plan for victorand peace the vatican billions grant writing quick studacademic 2018 dailplanner unicorns are real 6x9 12 onth planner 2018 daily weekland