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The Pursuit of the Millennium: Revolutionary Millenarians and Mystical Anarchists of the Middle Ages

The Pursuit of the Millennium: Revolutionary Millenarians and Mystical Anarchists of the Middle Ages

by NormanCohn (Author)

  • New

    Paperback 1993

    $18.69

  • New

    Paperback 1983

    $20.03
Synopsis

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.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 414
 Edition: New Edition
 Publisher: Pimlico
Published: 03 Jun 1993
ISBN 10: 0712656642
ISBN 13: 9780712656641
Book Overview: 'Great learning and an admirably lively style... Professor Cohn's work throws a flood of light into unexplored corners... A most stimulating book' Christopher Hill

Media Reviews
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
Author Bio
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.