Royal Names in Medieval Ethiopia and their Symbolism
Millenarianism, widespread among Christians in general, was also deep-rooted in the flock of the Ethiopian Church. Several ideas of that kind occur in Ethiopic written sources. In particular, they appear in the treatise composed in Gəʿəz language probably around the 16th–17th centuries AD. This work...
| Publié dans: | Scrinium |
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
2021
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Scrinium
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| RelBib Classification: | KAH Époque moderne KBL Proche-Orient et Afrique du Nord NBQ Eschatologie ZC Politique en général |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Millenarianism
B Ethiopian Royal Chronicles B Ethiopian clergy B Royal onomastics B Kings Tewodros (Theodore) I and II B King Täklä Giyorgis I B Medieval Ethiopian Kingdom B name symbolism |
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| Résumé: | Millenarianism, widespread among Christians in general, was also deep-rooted in the flock of the Ethiopian Church. Several ideas of that kind occur in Ethiopic written sources. In particular, they appear in the treatise composed in Gəʿəz language probably around the 16th–17th centuries AD. This work bears a title Fəkkare Iyäsus (“The Explication of Jesus”) and is dedicated to the last days of the World. Eschatological ideas about the appearance of a righteous King from the Orient became popular among the Ethiopian Christians and are well attested in royal chronicles. Chiliastic aspirations were prevalent during the period of political disintegration in the late 18th – mid-19th centuries AD known as the “Epoch of the Judges”. The strong expectation for a graceful and powerful reign encouraged some clergymen to make prophecies. This tendency was manifested in the Ethiopian royal historiography and especially in royal onomastics. |
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| ISSN: | 1817-7565 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Scrinium
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18177565-BJA10026 |