How Long to Read The African Prester John and the Birth of Ethiopian-European Relations, 1402-1555

How Long Does it Take to Read The African Prester John and the Birth of Ethiopian-European Relations, 1402-1555?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 59 minutes to read The African Prester John and the Birth of Ethiopian-European Relations, 1402-1555 by Matteo Salvadore

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

From the 14th century onward, political and religious motives led Ethiopian travelers to Mediterranean Europe. For two centuries, their ancient Christian heritage and the myth of a fabled eastern king named Prester John allowed the Ethiopians to engage the continent's secular and religious elites as peers. Meanwhile, back home the Ethiopian nobility came to welcome European visitors and at times even co-opted them by arranging mixed marriages and bestowing land rights. The protagonists of this encounter sought and discovered each other in royal palaces, monasteries, and markets throughout the Mediterranean basin, the Red Sea, and the Indian Ocean littoral, from Lisbon to Jerusalem and from Venice to Goa. Matteo Salvadore's narrative takes the reader on a voyage of reciprocal discovery that climaxed with the Portuguese intervention on the side of the Christian monarchy in the Ethiopian-Adali War. Thereafter, the arrival of the Jesuits at the Horn of Africa turned the mutually beneficial Ethiopian-European encounter into a bitter confrontation over the souls of Ethiopian Christians.

How long is The African Prester John and the Birth of Ethiopian-European Relations, 1402-1555?

The African Prester John and the Birth of Ethiopian-European Relations, 1402-1555 by Matteo Salvadore is 289 pages long, and a total of 74,851 words.

This makes it 98% the length of the average book. It also has 91% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The African Prester John and the Birth of Ethiopian-European Relations, 1402-1555 Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 49 minutes to read The African Prester John and the Birth of Ethiopian-European Relations, 1402-1555 aloud.

What Reading Level is The African Prester John and the Birth of Ethiopian-European Relations, 1402-1555?

The African Prester John and the Birth of Ethiopian-European Relations, 1402-1555 is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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