Du nouveau sur la géographie de l’Éthiopie. Poggio Bracciolini, Biondo Flavio et le témoignage de l’ambassade éthiopienne au concile de Ferrare-Florence

In August 1441, an embassy of eight monks (four from the Coptic communauty of Cairo, four ethiopans monks from Jerusalem) arrive at the Council of Florence. Two humanists, Poggio Bracciolini and Biondo Flavio, are among the witnesses of the event that they report in their writings. In the fourth boo...

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Main Author: Nathalie Bouloux
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Language:deu
Published: Institut des Mondes Africains 2017-11-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/afriques/2008
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description In August 1441, an embassy of eight monks (four from the Coptic communauty of Cairo, four ethiopans monks from Jerusalem) arrive at the Council of Florence. Two humanists, Poggio Bracciolini and Biondo Flavio, are among the witnesses of the event that they report in their writings. In the fourth book of the De varietate fortunae, Poggio describes a prosperous and exotic Ethiopia, whereas Biondo, by transcribing the questioning of the monks by a commission of cardinals in his Historiarum ab inclinatione Romanorum imperii decades, shows the conflicts between the various representations of Ethiopia and their implications. These texts give evidence of the fascination of some humanists for the far-off lands and of the diverse modes of insertion of Ethiopia in the imago mundi.
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spelling doaj.art-1b15232bfb9f4c4b867eec65073f75fc2024-02-15T12:43:05ZdeuInstitut des Mondes AfricainsAfriques2108-67962017-11-0110.4000/afriques.2008Du nouveau sur la géographie de l’Éthiopie. Poggio Bracciolini, Biondo Flavio et le témoignage de l’ambassade éthiopienne au concile de Ferrare-FlorenceNathalie BoulouxIn August 1441, an embassy of eight monks (four from the Coptic communauty of Cairo, four ethiopans monks from Jerusalem) arrive at the Council of Florence. Two humanists, Poggio Bracciolini and Biondo Flavio, are among the witnesses of the event that they report in their writings. In the fourth book of the De varietate fortunae, Poggio describes a prosperous and exotic Ethiopia, whereas Biondo, by transcribing the questioning of the monks by a commission of cardinals in his Historiarum ab inclinatione Romanorum imperii decades, shows the conflicts between the various representations of Ethiopia and their implications. These texts give evidence of the fascination of some humanists for the far-off lands and of the diverse modes of insertion of Ethiopia in the imago mundi.https://journals.openedition.org/afriques/2008EthiopiaEuropehumanist geographyPoggio BraccioliniBiondo FlavioEthiopia/Western relations
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Du nouveau sur la géographie de l’Éthiopie. Poggio Bracciolini, Biondo Flavio et le témoignage de l’ambassade éthiopienne au concile de Ferrare-Florence
Afriques
Ethiopia
Europe
humanist geography
Poggio Bracciolini
Biondo Flavio
Ethiopia/Western relations
title Du nouveau sur la géographie de l’Éthiopie. Poggio Bracciolini, Biondo Flavio et le témoignage de l’ambassade éthiopienne au concile de Ferrare-Florence
title_full Du nouveau sur la géographie de l’Éthiopie. Poggio Bracciolini, Biondo Flavio et le témoignage de l’ambassade éthiopienne au concile de Ferrare-Florence
title_fullStr Du nouveau sur la géographie de l’Éthiopie. Poggio Bracciolini, Biondo Flavio et le témoignage de l’ambassade éthiopienne au concile de Ferrare-Florence
title_full_unstemmed Du nouveau sur la géographie de l’Éthiopie. Poggio Bracciolini, Biondo Flavio et le témoignage de l’ambassade éthiopienne au concile de Ferrare-Florence
title_short Du nouveau sur la géographie de l’Éthiopie. Poggio Bracciolini, Biondo Flavio et le témoignage de l’ambassade éthiopienne au concile de Ferrare-Florence
title_sort du nouveau sur la geographie de l ethiopie poggio bracciolini biondo flavio et le temoignage de l ambassade ethiopienne au concile de ferrare florence
topic Ethiopia
Europe
humanist geography
Poggio Bracciolini
Biondo Flavio
Ethiopia/Western relations
url https://journals.openedition.org/afriques/2008
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