The Copts and the West, 1439-1822

Hamilton, Alastair, 1941-

The Copts and the West, 1439-1822 the European discovery of the Egyptian church / [electronic resource] : Alastair Hamilton. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006. - xi, 338 p. : ill., maps. - Oxford-Warburg studies . - Oxford-Warburg studies. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-313) and index.

An ancient church -- Muslim domination -- The Council of Florence -- The first Jesuit mission -- New approaches -- Towards a Coptic Catholic Church -- The first steps -- Confessional clashes I -- Confessional clashes II -- Jansenists and Jesuits -- Protestants and the Enlightenment -- Athanasius Kircher and his shadow -- Grammars, dictionaries, and dialects -- Manuscript collecting -- Biblical studies.


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Coptic Church--History.--Egypt


Egypt--Church history.


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