Land and society in the Christian Kingdom of Ethiopia : from the thirteenth to the twentieth century / Donald Crummey.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2000.Description: xv, 373 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0252024826 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.3/2/0963 21
LOC classification:
  • HD979 .C78 2000 HD979 .C78
Online resources:
Contents:
Preface -- Introduction -- Gult and the state, 1200-1540 -- "Man is free; land is tributary" -- Gondär, 1632-1721: order and disorder -- Mentewwab, "how beautiful she is!" 1721-69 -- The leadership of Gälawdäwos: family and property in Gondärine Ethiopia: the era of the princes -- Church, land, and society in Gondärine Ethiopia: institutional grants -- Church, land, and society in Gondärine Ethiopia: private transfers -- Gult and the reconstruction of the monarchy, 1868-1910 -- Transformations: state, land, and society -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-355) and index.

Preface -- Introduction -- Gult and the state, 1200-1540 -- "Man is free; land is tributary" -- Gondär, 1632-1721: order and disorder -- Mentewwab, "how beautiful she is!" 1721-69 -- The leadership of Gälawdäwos: family and property in Gondärine Ethiopia: the era of the princes -- Church, land, and society in Gondärine Ethiopia: institutional grants -- Church, land, and society in Gondärine Ethiopia: private transfers -- Gult and the reconstruction of the monarchy, 1868-1910 -- Transformations: state, land, and society -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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