Monks, Saints, and Heretics in Medieval Ethiopia: The Followers of Ewostatewos and the Invention of a Heterodox Monastic Movement (14th–mid-15th Century). BEFAR 407.
French School of Rome.| N° d'inventaire | 28276 |
| Format | 16 x 23.5 |
| Détails | 512 p., illustrated, paperback. |
| Publication | Rome, 2023 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782728315734 |
At the beginning of the In the 14th century, in the north of the Christian kingdom of Ethiopia, the monk Ēwosṭātēwos founded a dissident monastic movement based on the strict observance of the two Sabbaths, Saturday and Sunday. Such a doctrine was deemed heretical by the Egyptian ruler and metropolitan, who led the Ethiopian Church. Ēwosṭātēwos's followers, the Eustatheans, were then ostracized from Christian society. Despite violent persecution, the monks established powerful communities by the mid-18th century. 14th century, contributing to the wide dissemination of their ideas and the cult of their founding saints.
How can we explain the astonishing trajectory of the movement founded by Ēwosṭātēwos?
This book seeks to understand both the paradoxical expansion of the first Eustathean communities and the meanings of heterodoxy in medieval Ethiopian society. Through the analysis of hagiographical narratives and archives combined with fieldwork, this study shows that the Eustatheans were able to mobilize multiple strategies to sustainably establish their communities and stage their history and memory.
At the beginning of the In the 14th century, in the north of the Christian kingdom of Ethiopia, the monk Ēwosṭātēwos founded a dissident monastic movement based on the strict observance of the two Sabbaths, Saturday and Sunday. Such a doctrine was deemed heretical by the Egyptian ruler and metropolitan, who led the Ethiopian Church. Ēwosṭātēwos's followers, the Eustatheans, were then ostracized from Christian society. Despite violent persecution, the monks established powerful communities by the mid-18th century. 14th century, contributing to the wide dissemination of their ideas and the cult of their founding saints.
How can we explain the astonishing trajectory of the movement founded by Ēwosṭātēwos?
This book seeks to understand both the paradoxical expansion of the first Eustathean communities and the meanings of heterodoxy in medieval Ethiopian society. Through the analysis of hagiographical narratives and archives combined with fieldwork, this study shows that the Eustatheans were able to mobilize multiple strategies to sustainably establish their communities and stage their history and memory.