Peter Jackson (historian)

Peter Jackson FBA is a British scholar and historian, specializing in the Crusades, particularly the contacts between the Europeans and the Mongols as well as medieval Muslim India. He is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at Keele University and editor of The Cambridge History of Iran: The Timurid and Safavid Periods.^[1]

His main research interests are on the relations between the Mongols and the Latin West between 1220 and 1410,^[2] and he has written extensively on the topic, exploring the concepts of medieval Europe, the Crusades, medieval Russia and the Mongols, especially the clash of cultures, and the interconnectedness of legends such as that of Prester John.

^ Antti Ruotsala. "Book review of 'The Mongols and the West, 1221–1410' by Peter Jackson". www.history.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 28 September 2006. Retrieved 19 December 2007.
^ "Past CLIO events". Cambridge University History Society. Archived from the original on 26 November 2007. Retrieved 29 January 2008.

[1] Antti Ruotsala. "Book review of 'The Mongols and the West, 1221–1410' by Peter Jackson". www.history.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 28 September 2006. Retrieved 19 December 2007.

[cuhs-2] "Past CLIO events". Cambridge University History Society. Archived from the original on 26 November 2007. Retrieved 29 January 2008.

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