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

Coptic History Books
Coptic Christianity in Ottoman Egypt - Dr Febe Armanios

 https://www.amazon.com/Coptic-Christianity-Ottoman-Egypt-Armanios/dp/0190247223   

 

 From Byzantine to Islamic Egypt - Maged SA Mikhail

 On the bookshelf 

 

 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 

 

 Coptic Civilization: Two Thousand Years of Christianity in Egypt-Gawdat Gabra

 https://www.amazon.com/Coptic-Civilization-Thousand-Years-Christianity/dp/9774166558   

 Coptic Church History - Youhanna Nessim Youssef 

 

 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 

 

 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 

 

 

 The Crusades involved forcibly converting people to Christianity 

 The Crusaders were proto-colonists motivated by greed 

 The Crusaders are the cause of the present conflict in the Middle East 

 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