01707nam 2200361 n 450 991022000370332120230221142239.0(CKB)3800000000216663(NjHacI)993800000000216663(EXLCZ)99380000000021666320230221d1988 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierUse and Abuse of Eschatology in the Middle Ages /edited by Werner Verbeke, D. Verhelst, and Andries WelkenhuysenLeuven (Belgium) :Leuven University Pre,1988.1 online resource (ix, 513 pages)90-6186-259-0 The editors assemble evidence to illustrate both the positive and the negative aspects of the eschatological element in mediaeval thought. An interdisciplinary approach, wit hits comparative study of sources, helps to highlight the intellectual preoccupations of many religious thinkers who grappled with the overwhelming prospect of Universal destruction, questioned the role of the individual in the economy of salvation, and attempted to see the relevance of everyday social and political events to a vision of history in which the end is nearer than the beginning.EschatologyHistory of doctrinesMiddle Ages, 600-1500EschatologyHistory of doctrines236.0902Welkenhuysen AndriesVerhelst D.Verbeke WernerNjHacINjHaclBOOK9910220003703321Use and abuse of eschatology in the middle ages139922UNINA