Between Constantinople, the Papacy, and the Caliphate

This volume examines the Melkite church from the Arab invasion of Syria in 634 until 969.

Autorentext

Krzysztof Kocielniak is Professor of the History of the Middle East, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.

Zusammenfassung
This volume examines the Melkite church from the Arab invasion of Syria in 634 until 969.

Inhalt

1. Introduction / 2. The development of the Melkite Church to the Arab conquests / 3. The situation of the Melkite Church in the first centuries of Islam (634750) / 4. Melkites in the Centralized and Disintegrating Abbsid Caliphate 750969 / 5. Conclusions