The Jesuits in Ethiopia (1609-1641): Latin letters in translation
This volume constitutes the first English translation of Latin letters relating to the Jesuit mission in Ethiopia. It covers a period beginning shortly after the accession of Emperor Susenyos, who would convert to Catholicism in 1612 and declare Roman Catholicism the religion of Ethiopia in 1621, to...
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| Language: | English |
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Wiesbaden
Harrassowitz Verlag
2017
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| In: |
Aethiopistische Forschungen (Band 84)
Year: 2017 |
| Series/Journal: | Aethiopistische Forschungen
Band 84 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ethiopia
/ Jesuits
/ Mission (international law
/ History 1609-1641
B Ethiopia / Jesuits / History 1609-1641 |
| Further subjects: | B
Jesuits
B Spring |
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| Summary: | This volume constitutes the first English translation of Latin letters relating to the Jesuit mission in Ethiopia. It covers a period beginning shortly after the accession of Emperor Susenyos, who would convert to Catholicism in 1612 and declare Roman Catholicism the religion of Ethiopia in 1621, to the ejection of the Jesuits by Susenyos?s son Fasilädäs in 1633 and the suppression of the mission over the course of the following decade. The letters document a fascinating encounter between Western and African Christianities and detailed accounts of the theological, political, and educational activities of the Jesuit mission, as well as the significant role played by Ethiopian aristocratic and royal women in resisting the imposition of Western Catholicism |
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| Item Description: | This volume constitutes the first English translation of Latin letters relating to the Jesuit mission in Ethiopia found in volumes 11-13 (Relationes et Epistolae Variorum, published 1911-1913) of Camillo Beccari's monumental fifteen-volume Rerum Aethiopicarum Scriptores Occidentales Inediti a Saeculo XVI ad XIX (1903-1917) |
| ISBN: | 3447108797 |