Political Era
The Solomonic Restoration (Medieval Period)
1270 – 1632
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The medieval Christian kingdom under the restored Solomonic dynasty — which claimed descent from Solomon and the Queen of Sheba — marked by an itinerant monarchy, monastic expansion, and prolonged contest with neighboring Muslim sultanates.
Schema-test stub (draft). Lens: dynastic legitimacy fused with religious sanction, and the politics of an itinerant, expanding Christian kingdom.
Note for readers: “Solomonic” also names the dynasty, whose line — by its own claim — continued to rule until 1974. This era covers the medieval period (1270–1632); the dynasty’s later centuries fall under the Gondarine, Era of Princes, and Modern Imperial periods. Full content to follow.
Sources
- Taddesse Tamrat, Church and State in Ethiopia, 1270–1527 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972).