In evaluating the union between Duke Daniel Galitsky and Rome, researchers usually write that the Duke's main objectives at that time were to receive help from the West in resisting the Mongol-Tatars and to raise his international status to "king" of Rus'. However, the chronicler clearly indicates that it was his mother's persuasion which became the most important argument in favor of Daniel's difficult decision. To understand the role of Grand Duchess Romanova, it is vital to consider the meeting between the Duke of Galicia-Volyn and the Pope in a broader historical context. This, of course, was not only the result of the Catholic Western influence, but of the impact of the Orthodox East as well.