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The Jesuit Mission in Ethiopia (16th–17th Centuries): an Analytical Bibliography

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The Jesuit mission in Ethiopia was an episode of great importance in the history of Ethiopia and the Portuguese expansion. However, despite the number of studies dedicated to it a bibliography was still missing. This paper tries to fill the gap; it discusses the historiography of the mission, outlines the main themes treated and provides a comprehensive list of secondary literature.
Staats- und Universitatsbibliothek Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky
Title: The Jesuit Mission in Ethiopia (16th–17th Centuries): an Analytical Bibliography
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The Jesuit mission in Ethiopia was an episode of great importance in the history of Ethiopia and the Portuguese expansion.
However, despite the number of studies dedicated to it a bibliography was still missing.
This paper tries to fill the gap; it discusses the historiography of the mission, outlines the main themes treated and provides a comprehensive list of secondary literature.

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