Interview with Alfred J. Andrea Regarding his Forthcoming Book, “Traveling to the ‘Tartars’: Three Missions to the Mongols, 1245-1248”

Over the next several posts, I will be presenting a sustained, multi‑part (and at times) longform interview with my dear friend, medieval historian Dr. Alfred J. Andrea, on the occasion of his forthcoming volume, Traveling to the “Tartars”: Three Missions to the Mongols, 1245–1248 (Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, 2026). This project brings together six major [ ]