The life and struggles of our mother Walatta Petros a seventeenth-century African biography of an Ethiopian woman / translated and edited by Wendy Laura Belcher and Michael Kleiner ; written by Gälawdewos.

Other author/creatorBelcher, Wendy Laura.
Other author/creatorKleiner, Michael, 1962-
Other author/creatorGälawdewos.
Other author/creatorAmerican Council of Learned Societies.
Uniform titleGadla ʼEmna Walata Péṭros. English
Contents Introduction to the text / Wendy Laura Belcher -- Manuscripts of the text and earlier translations / Wendy Laura Belcher -- Introduction to the translation of the text / Michael Kleiner -- The Ethiopian script and its translation / Michael Kleiner -- The translation of the Gädlä Wälättä P̣eṭros -- The translation of the Tä'amerä Wälättä P̣eṭros -- Summaries of additional Tä'amerä Wälättä P̣eṭros -- Summary of the history of Walatta Petros's community (in MSS J and I only) -- The translation of the Mälke'a Wälättä P̣eṭros -- The translation of the Sälamta Wälättä P̣eṭros.
General noteA "gädl" or hagiography, originally written by Gälawdewos thirty years after the subject's death, in 1672-1673. Translated from multiple manuscripts and versions.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 471-485) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
LanguageEnglish, translated from Ethiopic (Geez).
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2014038410
ISBN9780691164212 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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