UID:
almahu_9949702266102882
Format:
1 online resource (520 pages) :
,
illustrations.
ISBN:
9789004548190
Series Statement:
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2023 15
Content:
Hiob Ludolf (1624-1704) and Johann Michael Wansleben (1635-1679), the master and his erstwhile student could not be more different. Ludolf was a celebrated member of the Republic of Letters and the towering authority on Ethiopian studies. Wansleben, himself a brilliant scholar and, unlike Ludolf, a seasoned traveller in the Middle East, converted to Catholicism and eventually died impoverished and marginalized. Both stood at the centre of the burgeoning study of Ethiopia and spent a formative part of their career in middle sized Duchy of Saxe-Gotha which for several years played a pivotal role in Ethiopian-European encounters. This volume offers in-depth studies of the remarkable life and work of these two scholars in a broader intellectual, political, and confessional context.
Note:
English and German
Additional Edition:
Print version: Hiob Ludolf and Johann Michael Wansleben : Oriental Studies, Politics, and History between Gotha and Africa, 1650-1700. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2024. ISBN 9789004548183
Language:
English
