Includes bibliographical references ( pages 360-399) and index.

Preliminary Material / Andreu Martínez d’Alòs-Moner -- The Prester John’s New Clothes / Andreu Martínez d’Alòs-Moner -- From Santiago to St. Paul / Andreu Martínez d’Alòs-Moner -- Native Networks / Andreu Martínez d’Alòs-Moner -- Mission Metrics / Andreu Martínez d’Alòs-Moner -- Mission Politics / Andreu Martínez d’Alòs-Moner -- Mission Culture / Andreu Martínez d’Alòs-Moner -- Yäṭǝnt / Andreu Martínez d’Alòs-Moner -- Exile and Memory / Andreu Martínez d’Alòs-Moner -- Conclusions / Andreu Martínez d’Alòs-Moner -- Leading Political Figures in the Red Sea, India and Europe, circa 1600–1635 / Andreu Martínez d’Alòs-Moner -- National and Provincial Rulers in Christian Ethiopia, 1603–1636 / Andreu Martínez d’Alòs-Moner -- Jesuit Missionaries in Ethiopia, 1555–1632 / Andreu Martínez d’Alòs-Moner -- Intellectual Production during the Mission, 1611–1632 / Andreu Martínez d’Alòs-Moner -- Genealogical Chart of the Extended Ethiopian Royal Family (ca. 1550–1640) / Andreu Martínez d’Alòs-Moner -- Sources and Bibliography / Andreu Martínez d’Alòs-Moner -- Index / Andreu Martínez d’Alòs-Moner.

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In Envoys of A Human God Andreu Martínez offers a comprehensive study of the religious mission led by the Society of Jesus in Christian Ethiopia. The mission to Ethiopia was one of the most challenging undertakings carried out by the Catholic Church in early modern times. The book examines the period of early Portuguese contacts with the Ethiopian monarchy, the mission’s main developments and its aftermath, with the expulsion of the Jesuit missionaries. The study profits from both an intense reading of the historical record and the fruits of recent archaeological research. Long-held historiographical assumptions are challenged and the importance of cultural and socio-political factors in the attraction and ultimate estrangement between European Catholics and Ethiopian Christians is highlighted.