IMC 2018: Sessions
Session 1152: Medieval Ethiopia, II: Christians and Pagans
Wednesday 4 July 2018, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Fakultät für Geschichtswissenschaft, Ruhr-Universität Bochum |
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| Organisers: | Vincent van Gerven Oei, punctum books, Tirana Adam Simmons, Department of History, Lancaster University |
| Moderator/Chair: | Meseret Oldjira, Department of Art & Archaeology, Princeton University |
| Paper 1152-a | The Zagwe Church of Yemrehanna Krestos: A Contemporary of the Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibala (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - General, Archaeology - Sites, Ecclesiastical History, Language and Literature - Other |
| Paper 1152-b | Pagan Religious Practices in Medieval Ethiopia: Development and Resistance of the Christian Kingdom, 1434–1468 (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Other, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Pagan Religions |
| Paper 1152-c | Northern Ethiopia as the Last Refuge of King Lebna Dengel (1508-1540): Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence from Tigray (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Language and Literature - Other, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Abstract | Africa has always been a nexus of trade routes, its history entangled with the continents that surround it: Europe, Asia, and America. These connections and interactions, whether productive or brutal, have been reasonably well documented for the classical period as well as from the onset of modern colonialism, but a chronological blank spot lingers on our historical memory. The papers in these sessions aim to recover parts of our collective memory loss, covering topics such as the Byzantine influence on Nubia, Ethiopian Jews, and the golden age of scholarship in Timbuktu. |