Currently the only complete history in English of the Syriac Church of the East, this work covers the periods of the Sassanians, Arabs, Mongols, Ottomans and the twentieth century.

Wilhelm Baum is Associate Professor and teaches Medieval History at the Universities of Graz and Klagenfurt, Austria. He is author of of The Transformation of the Myth of Prester John (1999) and Ethiopia and Europe in the Middle Ages (2001).
Dietmar W. Winkler is Associate Professor and teaches Patristics and Ecumenical Theology at the Universities of Graz and Salzburg and the Cistercian School of Theology, Heilogenkreuz, Austria.

The 'Apostolic Church of the East': A Brief Introduction to the Writing of Church History and to Terminology 1. The Age of the Sassanians (Until 651) 2. The Age of the Arabs (650-1258) 3. The Age of the Mongols (13th and 14th Centuries) 4. The Age of the Ottomans (15th to 19th Centuries) 5. The Twentieth Century 6. Language and Literature of the Church of the East