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Title:

A companion to the premodern Apocalypse / edited by Michael A. Ryan.

Publisher:

Brill,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xiv, 448 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Apocalyptic literature--History and criticism.
Apocalyptic literature.
Apokalyptik.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Other Authors:

Ryan, Michael A., editor. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2009006771

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: a companion to the premodern apocalypse -- Part 1: The apocalypse in premodern society and imagery. Medieval illustrated apocalypse manuscripts ; Jewish apocalypticism: an historiography ; The Western apocalypse commentary tradition of the early Middle Ages ; Apocalyptic as a new mental paradigm of the Middle Ages ; Prolepsis and anticipation: the apocalyptic futurity of the now, East and West -- Part 2. The apocalypse within premodern Europe. Muspilli: old High German Judgment Day ; Apocalyptic thought in medieval German historiography: Otto of Freising and beyond ; Apocalyptic violence and revolutionary action: Thomas Müntzer's Sermon to the princes ; The apocalypse in medieval England ; "Earth and sky will be ablaze": the apocalypse, Hell, and judgment in pre-modern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, and Brittany ; Revising the Revelation: early modern appropriations of medieval apocalypticism.

Series:

Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition, 1871-6377 ; volume 64

ISBN:

9004243097
9789004243095

OCLC:

(OCoLC)921864096

LCCN:

2015036208

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)