The Life and Struggles of Our Mother Walatta Petros: A Seventeenth-Century African Biography of an Ethiopian Woman

Wendy Laura Belcher, Michael Kleiner • Princeton University Press • ISBN-13 978‑1400874149

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The Life and Struggles of Our Mother Walatta Petros: A Seventeenth-Century African Biography of an Ethiopian Woman

Wendy Laura Belcher, Michael Kleiner • Princeton University Press

ISBN-10: 1400874149 · ISBN-13: 978‑1400874149 · 2015 · First English Translation

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This volume presents the first complete English translation of the seventeenth-century hagiography detailing the life of the Ethiopian saint Walatta Petros. Through meticulous scholarship, the authors provide critical context for this rare biographical account of an African woman who resisted Jesuit influence and established monastic communities. The text serves as a vital primary source for understanding early modern Ethiopian religious history and gender dynamics.

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Publisher: Princeton University Press
First English Translation2015
Pages: 544Language: English

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Author: Wendy Laura BelcherAuthor: Michael Kleiner

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Inferred: 17th-Century HistoryInferred: African Women's HistoryInferred: Ethiopian LiteratureInferred: Ethiopian Orthodox TraditionInferred: Ge'ez LiteratureInferred: Hagiography

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Influences: Ethiopian Hagiography, Patristic LiteratureCornerstone of: African Women's Studies, Ethiopian Literary History

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