The Apocalyptic Year 1000: Religious Expectaton and Social Change, 950-1050

by Richard Landes

Book Overview

The essays in this book challenge prevailing views on the way in which apocalyptic concerns contributed to larger processes of social change at the first millennium. Several basic questions unify the essays: What chronological and theological assumptions underlay apocalyptic and millennial speculations around the Year 1000? How broadly disseminated were those speculations? Can we speak of a mentality of apocalyptic hopes and anxieties on the eve of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195161629
• ISBN13: 9780195161625
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.2"