Dispute over precedence and protocol: Hagiography and forgery in 19th-century Ethiopia
This study investigates the textual and legal issues conveyed by records of a court case that took place in 1897 involving the Ethiopian churches of Dima and Märtulä Maryam over precedence, court etiquette, and decorum. My analysis focuses on two imperial judicial verdicts and letters addressed to K...
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Institut des Mondes Africains
2016-12-01
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| Series: | Afriques |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/afriques/1909 |