The Nubian “King” in Constantinople (1203): Interactions between Nubia and the Mediterranean

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Medieval Encounters Pub Date : 2022-09-28 DOI:10.1163/15700674-12340139

Adam Simmons

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Abstract

The visit of the Nubian “king” to Constantinople in 1203 during the Fourth Crusade was a unique episode in the history of crusading and survives in only one account, that of the French knight Robert de Clari. No other Crusade witnessed a similar encounter with a Nubian royal, yet the “king’s” appeareance is not described by any other Latin European, or even alluded to in contemporary Byzantine documents either. Despite this apparent ignorance in the sources, the “king” and his companions were seemingly the product of centuries of interactions between Christian Nubia and the Mediterranean which had developed over 600 years and remained intact despite the disturbances of the Arab conquests and the Crusades, as well as recently formed connections. This article seeks to situate the visit within these interactions to better understand how and why this encounter occured.

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君士坦丁堡的努比亚“国王”（1203）：努比亚与地中海的互动

1203年第四次十字军东征期间，努比亚“国王”访问君士坦丁堡，这是十字军东征历史上的一个独特事件，只有一种说法流传下来，那就是法国骑士罗伯特·德·克拉利(Robert de Clari)。没有其他的十字军与努比亚皇室有过类似的遭遇，然而“国王”的外貌没有被任何其他拉丁欧洲人描述过，甚至在当代拜占庭文献中也没有提及。尽管对资料的无知，“国王”和他的同伴似乎是基督教努比亚和地中海之间几个世纪互动的产物，这种互动已经发展了600多年，尽管受到阿拉伯征服和十字军东征的干扰，但仍然保持完整，以及最近形成的联系。本文试图将这次访问置于这些互动中，以更好地理解这种接触是如何以及为什么发生的。

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