Despite the fact it only lasted nine months (from 12 October 1413 to 23 June 1414), Tewodros's reign acquired a connotation of being a golden age for Ethiopia. The explorer
James Bruce later commented,
E. A. Wallis Budge repeats the account of the
Synaxarium that Emperor Tewodros was "a very religious man, and a great lover of religious literature". Budge adds that Tewodros wished to make a pilgrimage to
Jerusalem, but was convinced not to make the journey by the
Abuna Mark, "who feared for his safety." Despite this, Budge notes that he annulled the agreement of his ancestor
Yekuno Amlak that granted a third of the country to the
Ethiopian Church. Tewodros died beyond the
Awash river.
Taddesse Tamrat suspects that chroniclers of this era tried to suppress the violent death of the Emperors. Tewodros supposedly fell in battle against the
Adalites in
Adal. He was first buried at the church of
Tadbaba Maryam, ==References==