Download or read book The Coptic Papacy in Islamic Egypt (641-1517) written by Mark N. Swanson and published by American Univ in Cairo Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.