Prophecy, Alchemy, and the End of Time : : John of Rupescissa in the Late Middle Ages / / Leah DeVun.
In the middle of the fourteenth century, the Franciscan friar John of Rupescissa sent a dramatic warning to his followers: the last days were coming; the apocalypse was near. Deemed insane by the Christian church, Rupescissa had spent more than a decade confined to prisonsin one case wrapped in cha...
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