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

Whalen, Brett Edward,

Dominion of God : Christendom and apocalypse in the Middle Ages / Brett Edward Whalen. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009. - 1 online resource (328 pages) : illustrations -

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Christendom and the origins of papal monarchy -- The chosen people and the enemies of God -- Reformist apocalypticism and the battlefield of history -- Joachim of Fiore and the Sabbath Age -- The Shepherd of the World -- Crusaders, missionaries, and prophets -- Contesting the end of days -- The New Jerusalem and the transfiguration of Christendom.

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, and Eastern Christians into one fold of God's people, assembled under the authority of the Roman Church.


In English.

9780674054806 (electronic bk.) 0674054806 (electronic bk.)

10.4159/9780674054806 doi

22573/ctt134817r JSTOR



GBA978996 bnb GBA978996. bnb

Uk Uk


To 1500
Geschichte 600-1500


History--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Millennialism--History of doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Popes--Temporal power--History--To 1500.
Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Millénarisme--Histoire des doctrines--600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Église--Histoire--600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
RELIGION--Christianity--Catholic.
RELIGION--Christian Church--History.
Church history--Middle Ages.
Popes--Temporal power.
Apokalyptik
Endzeiterwartung
Chiliasmus
Mittelalter
Christendom.


Europe--Church history--600-1500.
Europe--Histoire religieuse--476-1492.
Europe.


Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Church history.
History.
Electronic books.

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