Download or read book The Copts and the West, 1439-1822 written by Alastair Hamilton and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2006-07-27 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first full study of the subject discusses how 17C Catholic missionaries tried to force the Copts (Egyptian members of the Church of Alexandria) into union with the Church of Rome, and the slow accumulation of knowledge of Coptic beliefs, undertaken by Catholics and Protestants. Includes a survey of the study of the Coptic language in the West.