EXPANDING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE WORLD, OR AS THE FRACISCANS OPENED THE ASIAN EAST
The article reflects the specificity of the missionary activity of the Franciscan friars in the last third of the XIII - beginning of XIV centuries on the basis of the analysis of the notes of Giovanni of Montecorvino, Odorico da Pordenone, which is carrying out the wishes of the Holy See, at the same time collected the first information about the history and culture of medieval India, China and South-East Asia.