Hiob Ludolf and Johann Michael Wansleben : Oriental Studies, Politics, and History between Gotha and Africa, 1650-1700 /
Hiob Ludolf and Johann Michael Wansleben : Oriental Studies, Politics, and History between Gotha and Africa, 1650-1700 /
Oriental Studies, Politics, and History between Gotha and Africa, 1650-1700
edited by Asaph Ben-Tov, Jan Loop, Martin Mulsow.
- 1 online resource (520 pages) : illustrations.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
English and German
9789004548190
110.1163/9789004548190 DOI
2023038085
Learning and scholarship--History--Germany--17th century.
Ethiopia--Study and teaching--History--Germany--17th century.
AZ664
001.20943
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
English and German
9789004548190
110.1163/9789004548190 DOI
2023038085
Learning and scholarship--History--Germany--17th century.
Ethiopia--Study and teaching--History--Germany--17th century.
AZ664
001.20943