Pursuit of the Millennium Revolutionary Millenarians and Mystical Anarchists of the Middle Ages

Name: Pursuit of the Millennium Revolutionary Millenarians and Mystical Anarchists of the Middle Ages
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ISBN: 9780195004564

ISBN-10: 0195004566

ISBN-13: 9780195004564

Edition: 2nd 1970 (Revised)

Authors: Norman Cohn

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The end of the millennium has always held the world in fear ofearthquakes, plague, and the catastrophic destruction of the world. At the dawnof the 21st millennium the world is still experiencing these anxieties, as seenby the onslaught of fantasies of renewal, doomsday predictions, and New Ageprophecies.This fascinating book explores the millenarianism that flourished inwestern Europe between the eleventh and sixteenth centuries. Covering the fullrange of revolutionary and anarchic sects and movements in medieval Europe, Cohndemonstrates how prophecies of a final struggle between the hosts of Christ andAntichrist melded with the rootless poor's desire to improve their own…

Book details

List price: $26.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1970
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/15/1970
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 7.99" wide x 5.31" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 1.276
Language: English

Norman Cohn is professor emeritus at the University of Sussex.