The empire at the end of time [electronic resource] : identity and reform in late medieval German prophecy / Frances Courtney Kneupper.
2016
BT819.5 .K66 2016eb
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The empire at the end of time [electronic resource] : identity and reform in late medieval German prophecy / Frances Courtney Kneupper.
ISBN
9780190279387 (electronic book)
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xii, 259 pages)
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10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190279363 doi
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BT819.5 .K66 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
236.90943
Summary
Even within the sensational genre of eschatological prophecy, the prophecies of the late medieval Empire stand out as strikingly bitter and violent texts. They foresee the savage chastisement of the clergy, the murder of clerics, and the forceful restructuring of the Church. But they also infuse the apocalyptic narrative with explicitly German elements. German speakers are frequently cast as the agents of these stirring events, in which the clergy suffer tribulations and the Church hierarchy is torn down. Thus the central argument of this book is that popular German prophecies encouraged a vision of members of the Empire as the ordained reformers of Christendom at the end of time.
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Even within the sensational genre of eschatological prophecy, the prophecies of the late medieval Empire stand out as strikingly bitter and violent texts. They foresee the savage chastisement of the clergy, the murder of clerics, and the forceful restructuring of the Church. But they also infuse the apocalyptic narrative with explicitly German elements. German speakers are frequently cast as the agents of these stirring events, in which the clergy suffer tribulations and the Church hierarchy is torn down. Thus the central argument of this book is that popular German prophecies encouraged a vision of members of the Empire as the ordained reformers of Christendom at the end of time.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Context
Audience and reception
Individual prophecies of late medieval German-speaking Europe
The Gamaleon prophecy
The letter of Brother Sigwalt
The Auffahrt Abend prophecy
The Wirsberger letters
Themes in late medieval German prophecy
The church and clergy in prophetic thought
German identity in prophetic thought.
Audience and reception
Individual prophecies of late medieval German-speaking Europe
The Gamaleon prophecy
The letter of Brother Sigwalt
The Auffahrt Abend prophecy
The Wirsberger letters
Themes in late medieval German prophecy
The church and clergy in prophetic thought
German identity in prophetic thought.