Peter Jackson is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at Keele University, and a Fellow of the British Academy. His publications cover the Mongols, the Crusades and medieval Islam, and his most recent book is The Mongols and the Islamic World from Conquest to Conversion (2017).

Introduction; chapter 1: Latin Christendom and its neighbours in the early thirteenth century; chapter 2: A world-empire in the making; chapter 3: The Mongol invasions of 1241-4; chapter 4: A remedy against the Tartars; chapter 5 : The halting of the Mongol advance; chapter 6: Images of the enemy; chapter 7: From confrontation to coexistence: the Golden Horde; chapter 8: An ally against Islam? The Mongols in the Near East; chapter 9: Temür (Tamerlane) and Latin Christendom; chapter 10: Western traders and adventurers in the Mongol world; chapter 11: Mission to the infidel; Epilogue; chapter 12: A new world discovered?; Conclusion; Appendix I: Glossary; Appendix II: Genealogical tables and lists of rulers; Bibliography; Index