![]() Rubruck then decided to undertake his own mission to the Mongols primarily in the hope of promoting their conversion to Christianity. 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. ![]() 1270) wrote the most detailed and valuable of the early Western accounts of the Mongols.
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