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Expecting the End of the Wo...
Expecting the End of the World in Medieval Europe: An Interdisciplinary Study examines the phenomenon of medieval eschatology from a global perspective, both geographically and intellectually
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monografia Rebiun36604771 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun36604771 m o d | cr ||||||||||| 240821s2025 enka ob 001 0 eng d 1-04-011588-8 1-04-011591-8 1-003-33060-6 CBUC 991013415543406708 MiAaPQ eng rda pn MiAaPQ MiAaPQ 909.07 23 Expecting the End of the World in Medieval Europe An Interdisciplinary Study edited by Israel Sanmartín and Francisco Peña First edition Abingdon, Oxon New York, New York Routledge [2025] Abingdon, Oxon New York, New York Abingdon, Oxon New York, New York Routledge 2025 1 online resource (271 pages) 1 online resource (271 pages) Text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Apocalypse and the Global Middle Ages Series Includes bibliographical references and index Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- Bibliography -- Chapter 1: Interpreting Daniel's Prophecy and Other Reckonings in Medieval Iberia: Edition and Commentary of a Short Collection -- The Collection (Edition) -- The Chronicon a. 562: An Iberian Reckoning -- Daniel in Iberia: The Adbreuiatio ebdomadarum Danielis -- Ancient Versions of Daniel's Prophecy -- Ancient and Early Medieval Interpretations -- The Text Copied in ms. Complutense 134 -- The Last Reckonings -- Origins and Date of the Collection -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2: Christian Time-Reckoning, the Fall of Rome, and the Coming of the Carolingian Epoch: Disorder in the Skies, saltus lunae, and the End of Times -- Historiography -- The Cycles of the Earth-Moon System and its Relevance for Late Antiquity -- The Cycles Calculated by L. Euler -- The Cycles Known to Scholars in Late Antiquity -- The Conjunctions of the Solar and Lunar Calendars -- The Draconic and the Anomalistic Month's Cycles -- Late Antique Astronomical Cycles and the Writing of History: TheFall of Rome in 410 CE and the Astronomical Discrepancies ofthe Period -- The Book of Daniel, the Cycle of 483 Years, and the End of the Roman Empire in the West -- A Day's Slip in Early Medieval Calendars -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3: The End of the World Happens Within: The Mystical Eschatology of the Syriac Book of Secrets (6th century) -- Introduction -- The Tale of the Book of Secrets -- The Narrative of the Book of Secrets as an Allegorical Fable -- The Mystical-Eschatological Vision of the Book of Secrets -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4: The First Treatise on Christian Eschatology: The Prognosticon of Julian of Toledo The Literary Outlook before the Eschatological Work of Julian of Toledo -- Julian of Toledo's Life and Work -- The Scholar -- The Statesman -- The Churchman -- The Prognosticon futuri seaeculi libri III -- The Genesis of the Work -- The Purpose of the Work -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5: Medieval Eschatology and Invading Peoples in Eastern Slavic andAstur-Leonese Spheres -- Introduction -- Gog and Magog in the Bible -- Identification of Gog and Magog with Different Peoples -- The Apocalypse of Methodius of Olympus -- Comparison between the Different Versions of the Pseudo-Methodius -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 6: The Apocalyptic Drift of the Story of the Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah in the General e Grand Estoria -- Introduction -- Mythology and Bible: Eschatological Narratives -- The Apocalyptic Drift of the Sodom and Gomorrah Episode -- Apocalyptic Story Rewriting of the Abrahamic Cycle in the GGE -- Sodom and Gomorrah in the GGE, and Sodomy as Divine Punishment and Civil Crime -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 7: Eschatology as a Political Warning in the Libro de Gracián during the Reign of John II of Castile (1405-1454) -- Temporality as a Methodological Concept -- The Libro de Gracián in the Eschatological Context of Castile -- The Prophecies Surrounding Spain's Destruction -- The King and the Antichrist Figure -- The Temporality of Royal Entrances -- The Disruption of Messianic Expectations -- The Influence of Llull on the Antichrist in The Libro de Gracián -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 8: A Contextual Proposal for the Study of the Debate on the Castilian Rocaçisas -- The Construction of the Vade mecum of Roquetaillade in France -- The International Historiographical Renaissance of John of Rupescissa and the Castilian Manuscripts The Spanish Historiographical Perspective on the Dissemination of the Vade mecum in tribulatione by Juan de Rocaçisa in Castile -- A Proposal to Contextualize the Vade mecum in Tribulatione of Juan de Rocaçisa in the Reign of John II -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 9: Eschatological Memories of the Reign of the Catholic Monarchs in Late Sixteenth-Century Histories of Spain -- Introduction -- Building an 'Eschatological Environment' in the Reign of the Catholic Monarchs -- The Reception of the 'Eschatological Environment' of the Catholic Monarchs in Late Sixteenth-Century Spain -- The Representation of the Eschatological Events in the Reign of the Catholic Monarchs within the Medieval Histories of Sixteenth Century Spain -- The War of Castilian Succession as an 'Apocalyptic Crisis' -- Ferdinand II of Aragon as a Messiah -- The Taking of Granada and the 'Loss of Spain' -- The Eschatological Significance of Colonizing the New World -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 10: The Antichrist Critique in Jan Hus's Letter to Christian of Prachatice from 1413 and its Inspiration from John Wyclif -- The Role of Wyclif in Hus's Letters -- Extraordinary Letter no. 60 -- Hus's and Wyclif's Eschatological Terminology as a Tool of their Opponents -- Pope Agnes -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 11: Rebels and the Antichrist: The Circulation of Prophecies during the Revolt of the Comuneros -- Millennialism and Revolt: An Indigestible Cocktail -- Evidence for the Spread of Prophecies -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index Expecting the End of the World in Medieval Europe: An Interdisciplinary Study examines the phenomenon of medieval eschatology from a global perspective, both geographically and intellectually Medievalism Sanmartín Barros, Israel editor Peña Fernández, Francisco editor 1-03-236179-4 Apocalypse and the Global Middle Ages Series