Zara Yaqob Enthroned in Ethiopia
1400
The Solomonic emperor took the throne and spent his long reign centralizing the church, codifying doctrine, and persecuting heretics. His theological treatises are among the most sophisticated writings from medieval Ethiopia. Gondar and Debre Berhan flourished; diplomatic embassies traveled as far as Aragon and the Council of Florence under his rule.
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Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.