Title: Ming China and its allies : imperial rule in Eurasia /
Authors: Robinson, David M., 1965-
Year: 2020
Subjects: Mongols China History; Mongols Politics and government.; Nobility Eurasia.; Diplomatic relations; Mongols; Mongols Politics and government; Nobility; Politics and government; China History; China Politics and government; China Foreign relations Eurasia.; Eurasia Foreign relations China.; China; Eurasia
Abstract: "This book analyzes the exercise of imperial rulership during the first six decades of the fifteenth century, when the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) governed China. Like emperors of other dynasties, Ming rulers regularly highlighted their status as patron and sovereign to a wide variety of populations, both at home and abroad, but my particular focus is early Ming emperors' relations with what contemporaries sometimes called 'men from afar,' that is, leaders who usually hailed from beyond dynastic and cultural borders. In both celebrating mastery and cultivating allies, the emperor played the role of lord of lords. I examine one subset of lords or men from afar, Mongol nobles, who were heirs to the military and political legacy of Genghis Khan -- here spelled Chinggis Khan (1163-1227)"--
Contents: March to power in a Chinggisid world -- Search for control -- Mongol nobles at the Ming court -- Struggle for the Chinggisid mantle -- Allies and commensurability.