| Description |
1 online resource (xxv, 580 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Before the Solomonids: crisis, renaissance and the emergence of the Zagwe Dynasty (seventh–thirteenth centuries) -- Territorial expansion and administrative evolution under the "Solomonic" Dynasty -- The sultanates of medieval Ethiopia -- Of conversion and conversation: followers of local religions in medieval Ethiopia -- Islamic cultural traditions of medieval Ethiopia and Eritrea -- The medieval Ethiopian Orthodox Church and its liturgy -- The ancient and medieval history of Eritrean and Ethiopian monasticism: an outline -- Ethiopia and the Christian ecumene: cultural transmission, translation, and reception -- Genres of Ethiopian-Eritrean Christian literature with a focus on hagiography -- Christian manuscript culture of the Ethiopian-Eritrean highlands: some analytical insights -- Christian visual culture in medieval Ethiopia: overview, trends and issues -- Towards a history of women in medieval Ethiopia -- Medieval Ethiopian economies: subsistence, global trade and the administration of wealth -- Medieval Ethiopian diasporas -- The Muslim-Christian wars and the Oromo expansion: transformations at the end of the Middle Ages (ca. 1500–ca. 1560) |
| Summary |
"A Companion to Medieval Ethiopia and Eritrea introduces readers to current research on major topics in the history and cultures of the Ethiopian-Eritrean region from the seventh century to the mid-sixteenth, with insights into foundational late-antique developments where appropriate. Multiconfessional in scope, it includes in its purview both the Christian kingdom and the Islamic and local-religious societies that have attracted increasing attention in recent decades, tracing their internal features, interrelations, and imbrication in broader networks stretching from Egypt and Yemen to Europe and India. Utilizing diverse source types and methodologies, its fifteen essays offer an up-to-date overview of the subject for students and nonspecialists, and are rich in material for researchers. Contributors are Alessandro Bausi, Claire Bosc-Tiessé, Antonella Brita, Amélie Chekroun, Marie-Laure Derat, Deresse Ayenachew, François-Xavier Fauvelle, Emmanuel Fritsch, Alessandro Gori, Habtemichael Kidane, Margaux Herman, Bertrand Hirsch, Samantha Kelly, Gianfrancesco Lusini, Denis Nosnitsin, and Anaïs Wion"--Publisher's description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from resource home page (Brill, viewed December 11, 2020) |
| SUBJECT |
Ethiopia -- History -- To 1490.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045140
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Ethiopia -- History -- 1490-1889. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045141
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Eritrea -- History -- To 1890.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2013001545
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| Subject |
Eritrea
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Ethiopia
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Éthiopie -- 1490-1889.
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Éthiopie -- 19e siècle.
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Érythrée -- Jusqu'à 1890.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kelly, Samantha, 1968- editor.
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| LC no. |
2019050993 |
| ISBN |
9789004419582 |
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9004419586 |
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