Nebuchadnezzar''s Dream - The Crusades, Apocalyptic Prophecy, and the End of History

Zusatztext Nebuchadnezzar's Dream is as informative as it is entertaining. Rubenstein has clear mastery of a substantial corpus of medieval and historiographical sources that allows him to traverse the complex ideas of medieval theologians with grace. Informationen zum Autor Jay Rubenstein is Riggsby Director of the Marco Institute for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and Alvin and Sally Beaman Professor of History at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Klappentext Jay Rubenstein's Nebuchadnezzar's Dream explores how the Crusades reoriented how the Medieval world conceived itself and biblical prophecy. Zusammenfassung Jay Rubenstein's Nebuchadnezzar's Dream explores how the Crusades reoriented how the Medieval world conceived itself and biblical prophecy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface List of Figures List of Tables PART 1: PROPHECY AND THE FIRST CRUSADE Chapter 1: Nebuchadnezzar's Dream, 600 B.C.E. Chapter 2: Nebuchadnezzar's Dream, 1106 C.E. Chapter 3: Building Blocks for the Apocalypse Chapter 4: The Oncoming Madness of Antichrist Chapter 5: Sacred Geography PART 2: WARNING SIGNS Chapter 6: Crusaders Behaving Badly Chapter 7: Troubling News from the East PART 3: PROPHECY REVISED Chapter 8: Wonderworker of the Second Crusade Chapter 9: Translatio imperii: Leaving Jerusalem Chapter 10: Apocalypse Begins at Home PART 4: THE NEW IRON KINGDOM Chapter 11: Jerusalem Lost Chapter 12: Prophet of the Third Crusade Conclusion Bibliography Acknowledgements

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• Authors: Jay Rubenstein, Jay (Riggsby Director of the Marco Ins Rubenstein, Jay (Riggsby Director of the Marco Institute for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and Alvin and Sally Beaman Professor of History Rubenstein, Rubenstein Jay
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.03.2019
• EAN: 9780190274207
• ISBN: 978-0-19-027420-7
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Europe, RELIGION / History, military history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Middle East, CE period up to c 1500, History of Religion, Archaeology, Battles & campaigns, History and Archaeology, Specific wars and campaigns, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General