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Coptic identity and Ayyubid politics in Egypt, 1218-1250 / Kurt J. Werthmuller.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Werthmuller, Kurt J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Coptic Church--History.
- Coptic Church.
- Christianity and other religions--Islam.
- Christianity and other religions.
- Copts--History.
- Copts.
- Islam--Relations--Christianity.
- Islam.
- Egypt--History--640-1250.
- Egypt.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (209 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 dynasty in the early thirteenth century. Kurt Werthmuller introduces new scholarship that illuminates the varied relationships between medieval Christians of Egypt and their Muslim neighbors. Demonstrating that the Coptic community was neither passive nor static, the author discusses the active role played b
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-182) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781617970238
- 1617970239
- 9781617973802
- 1617973807
- 9781936190393
- 1936190397
- OCLC:
- 948378237
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