A Beautiful Ending: The Apocalyptic Imagination and the Making of the Modern World

by John Jeffries Martin

An award-winning historian's revisionary account of the early modern world, showing how apocalyptic ideas stimulated political, religious, and intellectual transformations

"A masterful synthesis of the prognostications of faith, knowledge, and politics on a global stage. Martin's book illuminates one of the enduring themes that shaped the medieval and early modern world."--Paula E. Findlen, Stanford University

In this...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030024732X
• ISBN13: 9780300247329
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.6"