2000/01/01 by Knud Tage Andersen · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #African history and culture analysis #Queen (butterfly) #Throne #Ruler #Ancient history #Chronology #History #Capital (architecture) #Politics #Archaeology #Law #Political science
paper · doi:10.1017/s0041977x00006443
openalex publication_date 2000/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
It is well known from relatively recent Ethiopic tradition that Ethiopia was once ruled by a queen called Gudit, Yodit, Isat or Gaՙwa, with both positive and negative characteristics. On the one hand she was a beautiful woman of the Ethiopian royal family, much like the Queen of Sheba, and on the other she was a despicable prostitute who, at a time of political weakness, killed the Ethiopian king, captured the throne, and as a cruel ruler destroyed Aksum, the capital, persecuted the priests, and closed the churches.