Medieval Ethiopian Kingship, Craft, and Diplomacy with Latin Europe (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)

This book explores why Ethiopian kings pursued long-distance diplomatic contacts with Latin Europe in the late Middle Ages. It traces the history of more than a dozen embassies dispatched to the Latin West by the kings of Solomonic Ethiopia, a powerful Christian kingdom in the medieval Horn of Africa. Drawing on sources from Europe, Ethiopia, and Egypt, it examines the Ethiopian kings' motivations for sending out their missions in the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries - and argues that a desire to acquire religious treasures and foreign artisans drove this early intercontinental diplomacy. Moreover, the Ethiopian initiation of contacts with the distant Christian sphere of Latin Europe appears to have been intimately connected to a local political agenda of building monumental ecclesiastical architecture in the North-East African highlands, and asserted the Ethiopian rulers' claim of universal kingship and rightful descent from the biblical king Solomon. Shedding new light on the self-identity of a late medieval African dynasty at the height of its power, this book challenges conventional narratives of African-European encounters on the eve of the so-called 'Age of Exploration'.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	March 2021
First published:	2021
Authors:	Verena Krebs
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	308
Edition:	1st ed. 2021
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-064933-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > General Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > History > African history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > Diplomacy Books > History > African history > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > General Promotions
LSN:	3-03-064933-4
Barcode:	9783030649333

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