Bastions of the cross : medieval rock-cut cruciform churches of Tigray, Ethiopia

"In the late eleventh century, Ethiopian masons hewed great cruciform churches out of mountains in the eastern highlands of Tigray, Ethiopia's northernmost province. Hitherto unparalleled in scale, these monuments were royal foundations, instruments of political centralization and re-Chris...

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Main Author: Muehlbauer, Mikael (Author, VerfasserIn)
Document Type: Thesis Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection , [2023]
Series:Dumbarton Oaks studies 49
Subjects:
Geschichte 1000-1400
Äthiopien
Tigray
Architektur
Kirchenbau
Sakralbau
Byzantinisches Reich
Orthodoxe Kirche
Vergleich
Felsenkirche
Kreuzkuppelkirche
Geschichte 1000-1100
Rezensiertes Werk
Tigray Region (Ethiopia) > Antiquities
Tigray > Region
Hochschulschrift
Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Related Items:Rezensiert in: [Rezension von: Muehlbauer, Mikael, Bastions of the cross, medieval rock-cut cruciform churches of Tigray, Ethiopia]
Author Notes:Mikael Muehlbauer
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Medieval architecture in Tigray, Ethiopia
  • Churches in the making
  • Inventing Late Antiquity in medieval Ethiopia
  • Medieval Ethiopia in the Indian Ocean world system
  • Conclusion.

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