The archaeology of the Jesuit missions in Ethiopia (1557-1632) / / by Victor M. Fernandez [and three others].

• Superior document: Jesuit Studies : Modernity Through the Prism of Jesuit History, Volume 10
• VerfasserIn: Fernández, Víctor M. ,
• TeilnehmendeR: Fernández, Víctor M. ,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2017.; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Jesuit studies (Leiden, Netherlands) ; Volume 10.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (601 pages) :; illustrations, tables.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction: The Fieldwork and the Team /; The Infrastructure of the Mission: Convents, Palaces, and Temples /; The Mission Sites /; The Politics of Domination in Missionary and Royal Architecture /; Conclusions /; Appendixes /; Bibliography /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004324690
• ISSN: 2214-3289
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Victor M. Fernandez [and three others].

One of the earliest and most ambitious projects carried out by the Society of Jesus was the mission to the Christian kingdom of Ethiopia, which ran from 1557 to 1632. In about 1621, crucial figures in the Ethiopian Solomonid monarchy, including King Susenyos, were converted to Catholicism and up to 1632 imposing missionary churches, residences, and royal structures were built. This book studies for the first time in a comprehensive manner the missionary architecture built by the joint work of Jesuit padres , Ethiopian and Indian masons, and royal Ethiopian patrons. The work gives ample archaeological, architectonic, and historical descriptions of the ten extant sites known to date and includes hypotheses on hitherto unexplored or lesser known structures.