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A companion to medieval Ethiopia and Eritrea /

"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. Multiconf...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Kelly, Samantha, 1968- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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).