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Expecting the End of the World in Medieval Europe
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Expecting the End of the World in Medieval Europe

An Interdisciplinary Study

Sanmartín Barros, Israel (ed.)
Peña Fernández, Francisco (ed.)

Editorial: Routledge

Colección: Apocalypse and the Global Middle Ages

Número de páginas: 270 págs.  

Fecha de edición: 12-09-2024

EAN: 9781032361796

ISBN: 978-1-032-36179-6

Precio (sin IVA): 177,98 €

Precio (IVA incluído): 185,10 €

Expecting the End of the World in Medieval Europe: An Interdisciplinary Study examines the phenomenon of medieval eschatology from a global perspective, both geographically and intellectually. The collected contributions analyze texts, authors, social movements, and cultural representations covering a wide period, from the 6th to the 16th century, in geographically liminal spaces where Catholic, Byzantine, Islamic, and Jewish cultures converged.
The book is organized in eleven chapters which reflect and explore the following arguments: the study of specific eschatological episodes in medieval Europe and their interpretations; the analysis of apocalyptic visionaries, apocalyptic authors, and their individual contributions; the social and political implications of eschatology in medieval society; the study of medieval apocalyptic literature from a rhetorical, narratological, and historiographical perspective; the history of the transmission of apocalyptic literature and its transformation over time; and a comparative examination of apocalypticism between the Middle Ages and the Early Modern era.
This study provides a lens through which academics, specialists, and interested researchers can observe and reflect on this entire eschatological universe, dwelling both on well-known texts, authors, and events, and on others which are much less popular. In gathering different paradigms, tools, and theoretical frameworks, the book exposes readers to the complex reality of medieval anxiety regarding the end of the world.

 

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Inglés
País de edición:
Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña
Encuadernación:
Cartoné
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