The Pursuit Of The Millennium (häftad)
Fler böcker inom
Format
Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
432
Utgivningsdatum
1993-06-01
Upplaga
New ed
Förlag
Pimlico
Illustrationer
1
Dimensioner
215 x 135 x 30 mm
Vikt
460 g
Komponenter
B
ISBN
9780712656641

Du kanske gillar

The Pursuit Of The Millennium (häftad)

The Pursuit Of The Millennium

Revolutionary Millenarians and Mystical Anarchists of the Middle Ages

av Norman Cohn
Häftad Engelska, 1993-06-01
209
Köp
Spara som favorit
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar.
Gratis frakt inom Sverige över 159 kr för privatpersoner.
Finns även som
Visa alla 4 format & utgåvor
The Middle Ages inherited from Antiquity a tradition of prophesy and gave it fresh and exuberant life. This tradition foretold a Millennium in which humanity would enjoy a new Paradise on earth, free of suffering and sin - a Kingdom of the Saints. Generation after generation was intermittently seized by a tense expectation of some sudden, miraculous event in which the world would be utterly transformed. Often these expectations became enmeshed with social unrest and movements arose which sent tremors through the massive structure of medieval society. Drawing on a huge variety of contemporary sources, this unique and compelling book tells the story of those Millenarian fanaticisms of the Middle Ages and points to their persistence in the modern world.
Visa hela texten

Passar bra ihop

  1. The Pursuit Of The Millennium
  2. +
  3. Myanmar's Enemy Within

De som köpt den här boken har ofta också köpt Myanmar's Enemy Within av Francis Wade (häftad).

Köp båda 2 för 348 kr

Kundrecensioner

Har du läst boken? Sätt ditt betyg »

Fler böcker av Norman Cohn

Recensioner i media

Compelling and original -- Bettany Hughes * The Times * Important, original... Haunting and significant * Times Literary Supplement * It is a piece of great originality and power... It deserves study and emulation -- Isaiah Berlin Full of rich, fascinating scholarship... What a field he covers -- Hugh Trevor-Roper

Övrig information

Norman Cohn was born in London in 1915 and educated at Gresham's School and Christ Church, Oxford. Scholar and research scholar at Christ Church between 1933 and 1939, after the war he taught in universities in England, Scotland, Ireland, America and Canada. In 1966 he became a Professorial Fellow in the University of Sussex and director of an international research project on the preconditions for persecutions and genocides. From 1973 to 1980 he was Astor-Wolfson Professor at Sussex and is now Professor Emeritus. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and the author of Warrant for Genocide, The Pursuit of the Millennium and Europe's Inner Demons. Norman Cohn died in 2007.