Historical Interpretations of the "Fifth Empire" - The Dynamics of Periodization from Daniel to António Vieira, S.J

Drawing on the tradition of the interpretation of eschatological concepts such as Fifth Empire and succession of ages, this book attempts to contextualize and analyze António Vieira, S.J., interpretation's, particularly in the História do Futuro and in the Clavis Prophetarum.

About the author

Ana Valdez, Ph.D. (2008) in History, University of Lisbon, Portugal, is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Yale University. She has published widely on António Vieira and on religious tolerance between Portuguese Jesuits and Sephardic Jews in the late 17th century.

Product details

• Authors: Ana Valdez
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.11.2010
• EAN: 9789004191921
• ISBN: 978-90-04-19192-1
• No. of pages: 372
• Weight: 736 g
• Series: Studies in the History of Chri
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity