Dominion of God : : Christendom and Apocalypse in the Middle Ages /

Dominion of God : : Christendom and Apocalypse in the Middle Ages / / Brett Edward Whalen.

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Brett Whalen explores the compelling belief that Christendom would spread to every corner of the earth before the end of time. During the High Middle Ages - an era of crusade, mission, and European expansion - ;the Western followers of Rome imagined the future conversion of Jews, Muslims, pagans, an...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Whalen, Brett Edward,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2010]
©2009
Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. Christendom and the Origins of Papal Monarchy
  • 2. The Chosen People and the Enemies of God
  • 3. Reformist Apocalypticism and the Battlefield of History
  • 4. Joachim of Fiore and the Sabbath Age
  • 5. The Shepherd of the World
  • 6. Crusaders, Missionaries, and Prophets
  • 7. Contesting the End of Days
  • 8. The New Jerusalem and the Transfiguration of Christendom
  • Epilogue
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Select Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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