Visions of the End: Apocalyptic Traditions in the Middle AgesFrom 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
Introduction | i |
AD 4001200 | 7 |
Introduction | 9 |
1 The Tiburtine Sibyl | 13 |
2 Antichrist in the Fifth Century | 21 |
3 The Legend of Alexander | 26 |
4 PseudoEphraem | 30 |
5 Gregory the Great | 32 |
19 The Joachite Movement before 1260 | 128 |
20 Frederick II versus the Papacy | 138 |
21 Merlin the British Seer | 150 |
22 The Angelic Pope | 156 |
23 Bonaventures Apocalyptic Theology of History | 166 |
24 The Franciscan Spirituals | 173 |
25 Arnold of Villanova | 192 |
26 Fra Dolcino and the Apostolic Brethren | 196 |
6 Byzantine Apocalyptic | 36 |
7 PseudoMethodius | 40 |
8 Beatus of Liebana | 47 |
9 Muspilli | 50 |
10 Adsos Letter on the Antichrist | 52 |
77 Apocalyptic and NonApocalyptic Themes of the Eleventh Century | 58 |
12 Apocalypticism and the Great Reform | 64 |
13 Gerhoh of Reichersberg | 73 |
14 The Ages of the Church | 78 |
75 Imperial Apocalyptic | 87 |
16 The Erythraean Sibyl | 92 |
17 Joachim of Fiore | 96 |
AD 12001500 | 113 |
Introduction | 115 |
18 Moslems Mongols and the Last Days | 119 |
27 John of Rupescissa | 200 |
28 The Fraticelli | 204 |
29 Rome and Avignon during the Captivity | 209 |
French versus German Imperial Legends | 216 |
31 Apocalypticism the Great Schism and the Conciliar Movement | 223 |
32 The Hussite Movement | 229 |
33 Germany on the Eve of the Reformation | 240 |
34 Savonarola and Late Medieval Italian Apocalypticism | 247 |
35 Christopher Columbus | 254 |
Notes | 257 |
Bibliography | 317 |
New Bibliography of Secondary Sources | 334 |
| 347 | |
Subject Index | 353 |
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Visions of the End: Apocalyptic Traditions in the Middle Ages Bernard McGinn No preview available - 1979 |
Common terms and phrases
Abbot Alexander Angelic Pope Antichrist apoca apocalyptic literature apocalyptic traditions apocalypticism Avignon beast Beatus of Liébana bishop Book Byzantine century chiliasm Christ Christian Church coming Commentary crusade Daniel destroyed divine early earth edition empire Erythraean Sibyl eschatology especially evil faith Francis Franciscan Fraticelli Frederick German Gog and Magog Greek Gregory heaven Heresy Holy Spirit Hussite imperial important Influence of Prophecy interpretation Jerusalem Jesus Jewish Joachim of Fiore John John of Parma king kingdom Last Emperor later Latin letter literature Lord lyptic Merlin messianic Middle Ages millenarianism Mittelalters Muspilli myth Olivi Oracle original pagans papacy papal persecution Peter Olivi political pope preaching prophet Pseudo-Methodius Reeves reform religious Revelation role Roman Rome ruler Sackur Schism Scripture Sibyl Sibylline sixth spiritual Taborite Testament themes Theology things third status thought Tiburtine Sibyl tichrist tion Translated tribulation Tyconius vision