The Pursuit of the Millennium: Revolutionary Millenarians and Mystical Anarchists of the Middle AgesOxford University Press, 15.5.1970 - 416 sivua The end of the millennium has always held the world in fear of earthquakes, plague, and the catastrophic destruction of the world. At the dawn of the 21st millennium the world is still experiencing these anxieties, as seen by the onslaught of fantasies of renewal, doomsday predictions, and New Age prophecies. This fascinating book explores the millenarianism that flourished in western Europe between the eleventh and sixteenth centuries. Covering the full range of revolutionary and anarchic sects and movements in medieval Europe, Cohn demonstrates how prophecies of a final struggle between the hosts of Christ and Antichrist melded with the rootless poor's desire to improve their own material conditions, resulting in a flourishing of millenarian fantasies. The only overall study of medieval millenarian movements, The Pursuit of the Millennium offers an excellent interpretation of how, again and again, in situations of anxiety and unrest, traditional beliefs come to serve as vehicles for social aspirations and animosities. |
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3 The Messianism of the Disoriented Poor | 53 |
4 The Saints Against the Hosts of Antichrist | 71 |
5 In the Backwash of the Crusades | 89 |
6 The Emperor Frederick as Messiah | 108 |
10 The Egalitarian State of Nature | 187 |
11 The Egalitarian Millennium i | 198 |
12 The Egalitarian Millennium ii | 223 |
13 The Egalitarian Millennium iii | 252 |
Conclusion | 281 |
the Ranters and their literature | 287 |
Notes | 333 |
Bibliography | 372 |
7 An Elite of Selfimmolating Redeemers | 127 |
8 An Elite of Amoral Supermen i | 148 |
9 An Elite of Amoral Supermen ii | 163 |
Index | 401 |
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The Pursuit of the Millennium: Revolutionary Millenarians and Mystical ... Norman Cohn Rajoitettu esikatselu - 1970 |
The Pursuit of the Millennium: Revolutionary Millenarians and Mystical ... Norman Cohn Rajoitettu esikatselu - 1970 |
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Sivu 23 - And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
Sivu 23 - And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God. Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal...
Sivu 192 - And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul : neither said any of them that aught of the things which he possessed was his own } but they had all things common.
Sivu 201 - He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man : the field is the world ; the good seed are the children of the kingdom ; but the tares are the children of the wicked one: the enemy that sowed them is the devil ; the harvest is the end of the world ; and the reapers are the angels.
Sivu 160 - Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
Sivu 299 - If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause...
Sivu 21 - For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his Angels ; and then he shall reward every man according to his works. Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
Sivu 22 - And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse ; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
Sivu 22 - And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
Sivu 40 - Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
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