And Then the End Will Come

Early Latin Christian Interpretations of the Opening of the Seven Seals
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-138-96352-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 128 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 198 g

Reihe: Studies in Medieval History and Culture

This work examines a centuries-long intellectual tradition in the early Latin church linking the imagery associated with the opening of the Seven Seals of the Apocalypse with programs of ecclesiastical expansion and ascetic reform.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lumsden, Douglas W.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Mittelalterliche, neuzeitliche Archäologie (Europa)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents: Preface Acknowledgments 1. External Expansion, Internal Reform: The Sealed Book 2. Establishing a Tradition: Victorinus/Tyconius/Jerome 3. Sixth-Century-Synthesis: Primasius 4. From the Periphery: Bede 5. The Carolingian Mystic: Ambrosius Autpertus 6. The Spanish Bishop: Beatus of Liebana 7. The Monk Militant: Haimo of Auzerre Epilogue: Church Triumphant: The Book Unsealed Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Douglas Lunsden is an Assistant Professor at Benedictine College.