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Record Nr.

UNINA9910955201903321

Titolo

The apocalyptic year 1000 : religious expectation and social change, 950-1050 / / edited by Richard Landes, Andrew Gow, and David C. Van Meter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003

ISBN

1-280-45358-3

0-19-535473-7

1-4237-5768-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (377 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LandesRichard Allen

GowAndrew Colin

Van MeterDavid C

Disciplina

940.1/46

Soggetti

Second Advent - History of doctrines - Middle Ages, 600-1500

Christianity and culture - Europe

One thousand, A.D

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Papers delivered at a conference held at the end of 1996.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction: The Terribles espoirs of 1000 and the Tacit Fears of 2000; 1. Awaiting the End of Time around the Turn of the Year 1000; I. The Apocalyptic Year 1000 in Medieval Thought; II. The Apocalyptic Year 1000 in Medieval Art and Literature; III. Historiography of the Apocalyptic Year 1000; IV. Tools and Sources; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The essays in this volume challenge prevailing views on the way in which apocalyptic concerns contributed to larger processes of social change at the first millennium. They should provoke new interest in and debate on the nature and causes of social change in early medieval Europe.