Menelik II: Another Look

bibliographic database
Line

Periodical article

Title:	Menelik II: Another Look
Author:	Beauregard, Erving E.
Year:	1976
Periodical:	Transafrican Journal of History
Volume:	5
Issue:	2
Pages:	21-31
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Ethiopia
Subjects:	heads of State History and Exploration
About person:	Menelik II, emperor of Ethiopia (1844-1913)
External link:	https://www.jstor.org/stable/24520234
Abstract:	One school, call it orthodoxy, regards Menelik II (1844-1913) as the astute statesman, the valiant warrior-emperor bent on reunifying the Empire of Ethiopia, the moderniser of an ancient realm, a man of almost universal interests, a humane and selfless individual, a tragic figure in his last years, and the creator of the modern empire of Ethiopia blessed with his innovations. Another school, name it revisionism, views Menelik II as a Machiavellian pragmatist, a slaugterer bending the land of Ethiopia and nearby states to his own selfish purposed, a superficial reformer, a man of shollow interests, a hypocritical and sensual individual, a piteful form in his final years, and the creator of modern Ethiopia burdened with his retrogressive lagacy. Ref.