Visions of the End - Apocalyptic Traditions in the Middle Ages

From millenarists to Antichrist hunters, from the Sibyls to the Hussites, Visions of the End is a monumental compendium spanning the literature of the Christian apocalyptic tradition from the period A.D. 400 to 1500, masterfully selected and complete with a comprehensive introduction and new preface.

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Bernard McGinn

Zusammenfassung

From millenarists to Antichrist hunters, from the Sibyls to the Hussites, Visions of the End is a monumental compendium spanning the literature of the Christian apocalyptic tradition from the period A.D. 400 to 1500, masterfully selected and complete with a comprehensive introduction and new preface.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Bernard Mcginn
• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.06.1998
• EAN: 9780231112574
• ISBN: 978-0-231-11257-4
• Seiten: 390
• Serien: Records of Civilization, Sourc; Records of Western Civilization Series; Records of Civilization: Sourc
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Religion: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; RELIGION / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Theology, Christianity, Religion & beliefs, c 1000 CE to c 1500, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, BCE period – Protohistory