The Jesuits in Ethiopia (1609-1641) : Latin letters in translation / translated by Jessica Wright and Leon Grek ; edited by Wendy Laura Belcher ; introduced by Leonardo Cohen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jesuits, author.

Cohen, Leonardo, author of introduction.

Contributor:

Wright, Jessica, 1985- translator.

Grek, Leon, translator.

Belcher, Wendy Laura, editor.

Series:

Äthiopistische Forschungen ; Band 84.

Aethiopistische Forschungen ; Band 84

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesuits--Ethiopia--Records and correspondence.

Jesuits.

Jesuits. Correspondence--Ethiopia.

Jesuits--Ethiopia--History--17th century--Sources.

Jesuits--Missions--Ethiopia--History--17th century--Sources.

Jesuits--Ethiopia--History.

Catholic Church--Missions--Ethiopia.

Catholic Church.

Missionaries--Ethiopia--Correspondence.

Missionaries.

Missions.

History.

Ethiopia.

Genre:

Correspondence.

Sources.

Records and correspondence.

Personal correspondence.

Records (Documents)

Physical Description:

xvi, 272 pages : maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag, [2017].

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references, index and glossary.

ISBN:

9783447108799

3447108797

OCLC:

1013873270

Publisher Number:

9783447108799