The Copts and the West, 1439-1822 : the European discovery of the Egyptian church /

Hamilton, Alastair, 1941-

The Copts and the West, 1439-1822 : the European discovery of the Egyptian church / Alastair Hamilton. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006. - xi, 338 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. - 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.

9780199288779 (hbk.) 0199288771 (hbk.) 9780198727538 (pbk.)

2006013482


Coptic Church--History.--Egypt


Egypt--Church history.

BX133.3 / .H36 2006

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