Church History: Middle Ages (7th-16th Century)


Coptic History Books

  1. Coptic Christianity in Ottoman Egypt - Dr Febe Armanios
  2. From Byzantine to Islamic Egypt - Maged SA Mikhail
    • On the bookshelf
  3. The Coptic Christian Heritage: History, Faith and Culture - Lois M Farag
    • https://www.amazon.com/Coptic-Christian-Heritage-History-Culture/dp/0415781035  
    • The Early Islamic Period (641-1517): From the Arab Conquest Through Mamluk Rule - Maged SA Mikhail
    • The Ottoman Period (1517-1798): Beyond Persecution or Tolerance - Dr Febe Armanios
    • The Pre-Modern Period (1798-1952): The Age of Citizenship and Reform - Maged Hanna
    • The Modern Period (1952 - 2011): An Era of Trials, Tribulations, and Triumphs
  4. Coptic Civilization: Two Thousand Years of Christianity in Egypt-Gawdat Gabra
  5. Two Thousand Years of Coptic Christianity - Otto Meinardus
    • On the bookshelf

The Crusades

Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Umu5rokUqx8&list=PLzjQv4A03oikkX4ba9CevtZGoNbODQwLG&index=4

5 Myths About the Crusades

  1. The Crusades were unprovoked invasions of the Middle East
    • The Crusades were not unprovoked because they were a reaction to 400 years of aggressive Islamic expansion into Christendom and involved the reconquest of lands that had previously been Christian
    • The Crusades were not unprovoked because Muslims severely mistreated the Christians living under Islamic regimes
  2. The Crusades involved forcibly converting people to Christianity
  3. The Crusaders were proto-colonists motivated by greed
  4. The Crusaders are the cause of the present conflict in the Middle East
  5. The Crusades were fundamentally un-Christian endeavors

Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuN9W_bRehg&list=PLzjQv4A03oikkX4ba9CevtZGoNbODQwLG&index=3

The Rise of Islam and the Reconquista

Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXep-NOhAho&list=PLzjQv4A03oikkX4ba9CevtZGoNbODQwLG 

The First Crusade