The Jesuits in Ethiopia (1609-1641)
Subtitle: Latin letters in translation
By: translated by Jessica Wright and Leon Grek ; edited by Wendy Laura Belcher ; introduced by Leonardo Cohen
Contributors: Wright, Jessica, translator; Grek, Leon, translator; Belcher, Wendy Laura, editor; Cohen, Leonardo, author of introduction, etc
Series: Aethiopistische Forschungen -- Band 84; Äthiopistische Forschungen -- Bd. 84.
Publisher: Harrassowitz Verlag
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Wiesbaden
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9783447108799
Subjects: Records and correspondence; Sources; History; Missions; Missionaries; Correspondence; Jesuits; Catholic Church
Description: 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.