Companion to the Premodern Apocalypse

Michael A. Ryan, Ph.D. (2005), Univerity of Minnesota, is Associate Professor of medieval and early modern history at the University of New Mexico. He has published monographs, articles, book chapters, and book reviews on aspects of medieval Mediterranean history, including A Kingdom of Stargazers: Astrology and Authority in the Late Medieval Crown of Aragon (Cornell, 2011).

“deeply useful for scholars”Jesse Hoover, Baylor University. In: Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Vol. 68. No. 4 (October 2017), pp. 835-837.

• Michael A. Ryan, Introduction: A Companion to the Premodern ApocalypsePart One: The Apocalypse in Premodern Society and ImageryRichard K. Emmerson, Medieval Illuminated Apocalypse ManuscriptsNatalie Latteri, Jewish Apocalypticism: An HistoriographyKevin Poole, The Western Apocalypse Commentary Tradition of the Early Middle AgesLászló Hubbes, Apocalyptic as a New Mental Paradigm for the Middle Ages Roland Betancourt, Prolepsis and Anticipation: The Apocalyptic Futurity of the Now, East and WestPart Two: The Apocalypse within Premodern EuropeErnst Hintz, Muspilli: Old High German Judgment Day—Judicial Practice and Salvation in the Ninth CenturyHiram Kümper, Apocalyptic Thought in Medieval German Historiography: Otto of Freising and Beyond Matthias Riedl, Apocalyptic Violence and Revolutionary Action: Thomas Müntzer’s Sermon to the Princes Robert Boenig, The Apocalypse in Medieval EnglandKatherine Olson, Earth and Sky Will Be Ablaze: The Apocalypse, Hell, and Judgment in Premodern Britain, Ireland, and BrittanyThomas Long, Revising the Revelation: Early Modern Appropriations of Medieval ApocalypticismIndex LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONSProlepsis and Anticipation: The Apocalyptic Futurity of the Now, East and WestFig. 1: Last Judgment, Santa Maria Assunta, Torcello, ItalyFig. 2: General View of the Parekklesion, Chora Monastery (Kariye Camii), Istanbul, Turkey [Photograph: Byzantine Institute. Courtesy of © Dumbarton Oaks, Image Collections and Fieldwork Archives, Washington, D.C.]Fig. 3: Virgin Blachernitissa, Exonarthex, Chora Monastery (Kariye Camii), Istanbul, Turkey [Photograph: Byzantine Institute. Courtesy of © Dumbarton Oaks, Image Collections and Fieldwork Archives, Washington, D.C.]Fig. 4: Last Judgment, Parekklesion, Chora Monastery (Kariye Camii), Istanbul, Turkey [Photograph: Byzantine Institute. Courtesy of © Dumbarton Oaks, Image Collections and Fieldwork Archives, Washington, D.C.]Apocalyptic Thought in Medieval German Historiography: Otto of Freising and BeyondFig. 1: The martyrdom of Christians during the reign of the Antichrist, Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cgm 426, fol. 69v. by Hiram Kümper is licensed under Creative Commons License by 2.0. Fig. 2: The Antichrist’s preaching and downfall, Hartmann Schedel, Buch der Croniken und Geschichten (Nuremberg, 1493), fol. 262v. by Hiram Kümper is licensed under Creative Commons License by 2.0. Revising the Revelation: Early Modern Appropriations of Medieval ApocalypticismFig. 1: Dispensational Chart from James Purves, Observations on the Visions of the Apostle John Compared with Other Sacred Scriptures (1793). Courtesy of the Earl Gregg Swem Library of the College of William and Mary.