TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ben-Tov,Asaph
AU  - Loop,Jan
AU  - Mulsow,Martin
TI  - Hiob Ludolf and Johann Michael Wansleben: Oriental Studies, Politics, and History between Gotha and Africa, 1650-1700 
T2  - Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2023
SN  - 9789004548190
AV  - AZ664 
U1  - 001.20943 23
PY  - 2024///
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Learning and scholarship
KW  - Germany
KW  - History
KW  - 17th century
KW  - Ethiopia
KW  - Study and teaching
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - 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
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004548190
ER  -