Land and Society in the Christian Kingdom of Ethiopia: From the Thirteenth to the Twentieth Century

A study of gult from the 13th century to 1910 revealing much about the history of highland Christian Ethiopia.

Gult, a system of land tenure encompassing both taxation and tribute, is unique to highland Ethiopia. It was through this that Ethiopian states and their rulers affected the lives of ordinary people.

US, Canada & rest of world (exc. UK, Commonwealth & Europe) : University of Illinois Press

Ethiopia: Addis Ababa University Press