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Visions of the end : apocalyptic traditions in the Middle Ages / Bernard McGinn.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Records of civilization, sources and studies ; no. 96.
- Records of civilization, sources and studies ; no. 96
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- End of the world--History of doctrines.
- End of the world.
- Millennialism--History of doctrines.
- Millennialism.
- Apocalyptic literature.
- Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
- Church history.
- Church history--Middle Ages.
- Physical Description:
- xxvii, 390 pages ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- Paperback edition / with a new preface and expanded bibliography.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, 1998.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Classical Apocalypticism 2
- Patristic Apocalypticism 14
- Messianism, Millenarianism, and Apocalypticism 28
- Part 1 A.D. 400-1200 37
- 1. The Tiburtine Sibyl 43
- The Oracle of Baalbek 45
- The Latin Tiburtine Sibyl 49
- 2. Antichrist in the Fifth Century 51
- Sulpicius Severus, Dialogues 1:41 52
- The Progress of Time 52
- The Book of the Promises and Predictions of God 53
- The Revelation of the Holy Theologian John 54
- 3. The Legend of Alexander 56
- The Discourse of Jacob of Serugh 57
- 4. Pseudo-Ephraem 60
- Sermon on the End of the World 61
- 5. Gregory the Great 62
- Homily on Ezekiel 2:6 62
- Two Letters 64
- 6. Byzantine Apocalyptic 66
- Procopius, Secret History 67
- Vision of the Prophet Daniel 68
- 7. Pseudo-Methodius 70
- The Alexander Legend 73
- The Moslem Crisis 74
- The Last World Emperor 75
- 8. Beatus of Liebana 77
- Commentary, Book IV 77
- Commentary, Book XI 78
- 9. Muspilli 80
- Lines 37-59 80
- 10. Adso's Letter on the Antichrist 82
- The Origin of the Antichrist 84
- The Last Emperor 85
- The Destruction of the Antichrist 87
- 11. Apocalyptic and Non-Apocalyptic Themes of the Eleventh Century 88
- The Year 1000: Abbo of Fleury; Ralph Glaber 89
- Apocalypse and the Origin of the Crusade: Benzo of Alba; Guibert of Nogent; Ekkehard of Aura 90
- 12. Apocalypticism and the Great Reform 94
- "The Calamities of the Church of Liege" 97
- Otto of Freising, The Two Cities 98
- Gerhoh of Reichersberg, The Investigation of the Antichrist 99
- Hildegard of Bingen, Scivias 100
- 13. Gerhoh of Reichersberg 103
- The Fourth Watch of the Night 104
- 14. The Ages of the Church 108
- Rupert of Deutz, The Holy Trinity, Prologue 110
- Hugh of St. Victor, The Mystical Ark of Noah 111
- Bernard of Clairvaux, On the Song of Songs 112
- The Letter of Gerard to Evermord 113
- Anselm of Havelberg, Dialogues 114
- 15. Imperial Apocalyptic 117
- Otto of Freising, The Deeds of Frederick Barbarossa 118
- The Play of Antichrist 119
- 16. The Erythraean Sibyl 122
- Selections from Parts I and III 123
- 17. Joachim of Fiore 126
- Joachim's Vision of the Meaning of Revelation 130
- Commentary on an Unknown Prophecy 130
- The Three Status 133
- The Papacy and the Spiritual Men 134
- The Antichrist 137
- The New People of God 138
- Joachim's Testament 140
- Part 2 A.D. 1200-1500 143
- 18. Moslems, Mongols, and the Last Days 149
- The Toledo Letter 152
- The Prophecy of the Son of Agap 153
- William of Tripoli, Treatise on the Condition of the Saracens 154
- Roger Bacon, The Longer Work 155
- 19. The Joachite Movement before 1260 158
- The Letter Explaining the Figures 161
- The Commentary on Jeremiah 161
- The Joint Encyclical of 1255 164
- The Protocol of Anagni 165
- Salimbene of Parma, Chronicle 166
- 20. Frederick II vs. the Papacy 168
- Nicholas of Bari, Sermon 172
- Gregory IX, Letter, "Ascendit de mari bestia" 173
- Frederick II, Letter, "In exordio nascentis mundi" 174
- Innocent IV as Antichrist 175
- Frederick and his Seed in the Joachite Tradition 176
- A Curial Version of the Last Emperor 179
- 21. Merlin, the British Seer 180
- Geoffrey of Monmouth, History of the Kings of Britain 182
- Merlin in Italy 183
- 22. The Angelic Pope 186
- The Commentary on Jeremiah 189
- Roger Bacon on the Coming Holy Pope 190
- Salimbene on Gregory X 191
- The Angelic Oracle of Cyril and Pseudo-Joachim's Commentary 192
- Robert of Uzes on the Papal Crisis 193
- The Papal Prophecies. First Set 194
- 23. Bonaventure's Apocalyptic Theology of History 196
- Bonaventure's Joachite Exegesis 197
- The Ages of the Church 198
- St. Francis and the Contemplative Orders 200
- 24. The Franciscan Spirituals 203
- Peter Olivi, Commentary on Revelation 208
- Ubertino of Casale, The Tree of the Crucified Life 212
- Angelo of Clareno, History of Seven Tribulations 215
- Jacopone da Todi, Lauda 50: The Great Battle of the Antichrist 217
- Bernard Gui, The Inquisitor's Manual 218
- 25. Arnald of Villanova 222
- The Time of the Coming of the Antichrist 223
- The Sword That Swallows the Thomatists 224
- 26. Fra Dolcino and the Apostolic Brethren 226
- Bernard Gui, The Sect of the Apostolic Brethren 227
- 27. John of Rupescissa 230
- The Companion in Tribulation 231
- 28. The Fraticelli 234
- The Papal Prophecies. Second Set 235
- Letter to the Citizens of Narni 237
- 29. Rome and Avignon during the Captivity 239
- Cola di Rienzo 241
- Petrarch, Sonnet 137 244
- Bridget of Sweden, Revelations 244
- 30. Political Prophecies: French versus German Imperial Legends 246
- Telesphorus of Cosenza 249
- The Second Charlemagne Prophecy 250
- John of Winterthur 251
- The Prophecy of Gamaleon 251
- 31. Apocalypticism, the Great Schism, and the Conciliar Movement 253
- "In That Day the Eagle Will Come" 255
- St. Vincent Ferrer 256
- 32. The Hussite Movement 259
- John Hus 263
- The Beginnings of Tabor: Jakoubek of Stribro; Bzi Hora; Lawrence of Brezova; John of Pribram 263
- Taborite Views 266
- 33. Germany on the Eve of the Reformation 270
- John Lichtenberger, Pronosticatio 272
- Wolfgang Aytinger, Commentary on Methodius 274
- 34. Savonarola and Late Medieval Italian Apocalypticism 277
- Renovation Sermon 279
- Compendium of Revelations 280
- Marsilio Ficino on Savonarola as Antichrist 282
- 35. Christopher Columbus 284
- Account of the Fourth Voyage 285.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-376) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0231112572
- OCLC:
- 39467580
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