Dominion of God : Christendom and apocalypse in the Middle Ages /

Dominion of God : Christendom and apocalypse in the Middle Ages /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Whalen, Brett Edward.
Imprint:	Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.
Description:	1 online resource (328 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	History -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500. Millennialism -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500. Popes -- Temporal power -- History -- To 1500. Church history -- Middle Ages, 600-1500. Church history -- Middle Ages. Popes -- Temporal power. Europe -- Church history -- 600-1500. Europe. Electronic books. Church history. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11221901

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ISBN:	9780674054806 0674054806 0674036298 9780674036291
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. In English. Print version record.
Summary:	Brett Whalen explores the compelling belief that Christendom would spread to every corner of the earth before the end of time. During the High Middle Ages - an era of crusade, mission, and European expansion - ;the Western followers of Rome imagined the future conversion of Jews, Muslims, pagans, and Eastern Christians into one fold of God's people, assembled under the authority of the Roman Church.
Other form:	Print version: Whalen, Brett Edward. Dominion of God. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009 9780674036291
Standard no.:	10.4159/9780674054806

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Christendom and the Origins of Papal Monarchy
The Chosen People and the Enemies of God
Reformist Apocalypticism and the Battlefield of History
Joachim of Fiore and the Sabbath Age
The Shepherd of the World
Crusaders, Missionaries, and Prophets
Contesting the End of Days
The New Jerusalem and the Transfiguration of Christendom
Epilogue
Abbreviations
Notes
Select Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index