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

By:

Whalen, Brett Edward [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (328 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780674054806
0674054806

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Dominion of God.DDC classification:

282/.40902 22

LOC classification:

BX1069.5 .W53 2009eb

Other classification:

11.52
NM 1400

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Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

In English.

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