Coptic identity and Ayyubid politics in Egypt, 1218-1250 /

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"Using the life and writings of Cyril III Ibn Laqlaq, 75th patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, along with a variety of Christian and Muslim chroniclers, this study explores the identity and context of the Christian community of Egypt and its relations with the leadership of the Ayyubid dyn...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Werthmuller, Kurt J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Coptic Church > History.
Coptic Church.
640-1250
Christianity and other religions > Islam.
Copts > History.
Islam > Relations > Christianity.
Christianisme > Relations > Islam.
Coptes > Histoire.
Islam > Relations > Christianisme.
RELIGION > Christianity > Orthodox.
HISTORY > Middle East > Egypt.
Christianity.
Copts.
Interfaith relations.
Islam.
Egypt > History > 640-1250.
Égypte > Histoire > 640-1250.
Egypt.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • - 1. Approaching non-Muslim identities in Islamic history
  • 2. State, society, and the Copts under the Fatimids, Ayyubids, and Bahri Mamluks, 969-1382 CE
  • 3. Patriarchal authority
  • 4. The politics of conversion and apostasy
  • 5. Monks and monasticism
  • - Conclusion
  • - Appendixes I and II.

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