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The life of Walatta-Petros : a seventeenth-century biography of an African woman

2018

Format:	Book
Title:	The life of Walatta-Petros : a seventeenth-century biography of an African woman / translated and edited by Wendy Laura Belcher and Michael Kleiner ; written by Galawdewos.
Edition:	Concise edition.
Publisher, Date:	Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2018] ©2018
Description:	xix, 137 pages : maps ; 22 cm
Subjects:	Walata P̣éṭros, Saint, 1592-1642. Walata P̣éṭros, Saint, 1592-1642 -- Miracles. YaʼItyop̣yā ʼortodoks tawāḥedo béta kerestiyān -- Biography. Women saints -- Ethiopia -- Biography. Nuns -- Ethiopia -- Biography. Monasticism and religious orders for women -- Ethiopia -- History -- 17th century.
Other Author:	Belcher, Wendy Laura, translator, editor. Kleiner, Michael, 1962- translator, editor.
Other Title:	Digest of (expression): Gadla ʼEmna Walata Péṭros. English.
Notes:	"This book includes material originally published in The Life and Struggles of Our Mother Walatta Petros: A Seventeenth-Century Biography of an Ethiopian Woman (copyright © 2015 by Princeton University Press)"--Colophon. A "gädl" or hagiography, originally written by Gälawdewos thirty years after the subject's death, in 1672-1673. Translated from multiple manuscripts and versions. "This edition, which omits the notes and scholarly apparatus of the hardcover, features a new introduction aimed at students and general readers"--Page 4 of cover. Includes bibliographical references.
LCCN:	2018935646
ISBN:	0691182914 9780691182919
Other Number:	1032581241
System Availability:	2
Current Holds:	0
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Control Number:	992322
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Call Number:	BIO Walata P

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