Coptic Identity and Ayyubid Politics in Egypt 1218-1250
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Coptic Identity and Ayyubid Politics in Egypt 1218-1250

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Coptic Identity and Ayyubid Politics in Egypt 1218-1250

About this book

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 by the Copts in the formation and evolution of their own identity within the wider political and societal context of this period. In particular, he examines the boundaries between Copts and the wider Egyptian society in the Ayyubid period in three "in-between spaces": patriarchal authority, religious conversion, and monasticism.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Halftitle Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction
  9. 1 - Approaching Non-Muslim Identities in Islamic History
  10. 2 - State, Society, and the Copts under the Fatimids, Ayyubids, and Bahri Mamluks, 969–1382 ce
  11. 3 - Patriarchal Authority
  12. 4 - The Politics of Conversion and Apostasy
  13. 5 - Monks and Monasticism
  14. Conclusion
  15. Appendix 1: Timeline of Patriarchs of Alexandria and Ayyubid Rulers of Egypt
  16. Appendix 2: Cyril III ibn Laqlaq’s correspondence
  17. Notes
  18. Bibliography
  19. Index