Medieval Ethiopian kingship, craft, and diplomacy with Latin Europe / Verena Krebs.
2021
DT382.5.E85 K74 2021eb
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Title
Medieval Ethiopian kingship, craft, and diplomacy with Latin Europe / Verena Krebs.
Author
Krebs, Verena, author.
ISBN
9783030649340 electronic book
3030649342 electronic book
3030649334
9783030649333
3030649342 electronic book
3030649334
9783030649333
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]
Copyright
©2021
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xvii, 308 pages) : illustrations, maps.
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10.1007/978-3-030-64934-0 doi
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DT382.5.E85 K74 2021eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
327.6304
Summary
Combining meticulous research and a thorough synthesis of the sources, this book offers a fresh look at the diplomatic history of Christian Ethiopia and Latin Europe between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries. A fascinating study that will undoubtedly be an invaluable resource for those who seek to research and teach the history of Ethiopia. Solomon Gebreyes, University of Hamburg, Germany.
"This book explores why Ethiopian kings pursued long-distance diplomatic contacts with Latin Europe in the late Middle Ages. It traces the history of more than a dozen embassies dispatched to the Latin West by the kings of Solomonic Ethiopia, a powerful Christian kingdom in the medieval Horn of Africa. Drawing on sources from Europe, Ethiopia, and Egypt, it examines the Ethiopian kings' motivations for sending out their missions in the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries - and argues that a desire to acquire religious treasures and foreign artisans drove this early intercontinental diplomacy. Moreover, the Ethiopian initiation of contacts with the distant Christian sphere of Latin Europe appears to have been intimately connected to a local political agenda of building monumental ecclesiastical architecture in the North-East African highlands, and asserted the Ethiopian rulers' claim of universal kingship and rightful descent from the biblical king Solomon. Shedding new light on the self-identity of a late medieval African dynasty at the height of its power, this book challenges conventional narratives of African-European encounters on the eve of the so-called 'Age of Exploration'"-- Provided by publisher.
"This book explores why Ethiopian kings pursued long-distance diplomatic contacts with Latin Europe in the late Middle Ages. It traces the history of more than a dozen embassies dispatched to the Latin West by the kings of Solomonic Ethiopia, a powerful Christian kingdom in the medieval Horn of Africa. Drawing on sources from Europe, Ethiopia, and Egypt, it examines the Ethiopian kings' motivations for sending out their missions in the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries - and argues that a desire to acquire religious treasures and foreign artisans drove this early intercontinental diplomacy. Moreover, the Ethiopian initiation of contacts with the distant Christian sphere of Latin Europe appears to have been intimately connected to a local political agenda of building monumental ecclesiastical architecture in the North-East African highlands, and asserted the Ethiopian rulers' claim of universal kingship and rightful descent from the biblical king Solomon. Shedding new light on the self-identity of a late medieval African dynasty at the height of its power, this book challenges conventional narratives of African-European encounters on the eve of the so-called 'Age of Exploration'"-- Provided by publisher.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
All the King's treasures
The sons of Dawit
The rule of the Regents
King Solomon's heirs
Conclusion.
All the King's treasures
The sons of Dawit
The rule of the Regents
King Solomon's heirs
Conclusion.