Land and Society in the Christian Kingdom of Ethiopia

From the 13th to the 20th Century

Inbunden, Engelska, 2000

1 919 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar. Fri frakt för medlemmar vid köp för minst 249 kr.

A study of gult from the 13th century to 1910 revealing much about the history of highland Christian Ethiopia.Gult, a system of land tenure encompassing both taxation and tribute, is unique to highland Ethiopia. It was through this that Ethiopian states and their rulers affected the lives of ordinary people.US, Canada & rest of world (exc. UK, Commonwealth & Europe) : University of Illinois PressEthiopia: Addis Ababa University Press

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2000-09-21
Mått278 x 355 x 28 mm
Vikt750 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor400
FörlagJames Currey
ISBN9780852557631

Tillhör följande kategorier

Gult and the state - 1200-1540; "Man is free; land is tributary"; Gondar, 1632-1721 - order and disorder; Mentewwab, "how beautiful she is!" 1721-1769; the leadership of Galawdewos - family and property in Gondarine Ethiopia; the era of the princes; church, land and society in Gondarine Ethiopia - institutional grants; church, land and society in Gondarine Ethiopia - private transfers; Gult and the reconstruction of the monarchy - 1680-1910; transformations - state, land and society.

This book is a rare event in modern academic publishing, the culmination of a lifetime's scholarship. Crummey's interest in Iyasus Mo'a's legacy lies, not in the Gospels themselves, but in the margins and flyleaves on which were recorded the details of land transactions affecting the monastery - most of them grants by successive emperors of the right to collect the land tax known as gult, which in highland Christian Ethiopia constituted the most sought-after form of ownership ... Crummey has been able to use this hitherto barely noticed source of documentation to uncover the relationships between crown, clergy and aristocracy in Christian Ethiopia, and in large measure to transform our understanding of them.