The Apocalyptic Year 1000: Religious Expectaton and Social Change, 950-1050
The essays in this book challenge prevailing views on the way in which apocalyptic concerns contributed to larger processes of social change at the first millennium. Several basic questions unify the essays: What chronological and theological assumptions underlay apocalyptic and millennialspeculations around the Year 1000? How broadly disseminated were those speculations? Can we speak of a mentality of apocalyptic hopes and anxieties on the eve of the millennium? If so, how did authorities respond to or even contribute to the formation of this mentality? What were the socialramifications of apocalyptic hopes and anxieties, and of any efforts…
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Weitere Autoren: Gow, Andrew (Hrsg.) / Meter, David van (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-19-516162-5
- EAN: 9780195161625
- Produktnummer: 22666902
- Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
- Seitenangabe: 384 S.
- Masse: H23.7 cm x B15.6 cm x D2.9 cm 535 g
- Auflage: New
- Gewicht: 535
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