The Coptic Papacy in Islamic Egypt: The Popes of Egypt: A History of the Coptic Church and Its Patriarchs Volume 2

Volume two of the American University in Cairo Press's new history of the Coptic Orthodox Papacy takes the reader from the Arab conquest to the Ottoman conquest. Swanson combines narrative with analysis, providing a detailed critique of the source material, and identifying the features which enabled the Coptic church to survive, albeit on a much smaller scale, and to develop a distinctive identity under Islamic rule.