Title Apocalypses : prophecies, cults, and millennial beliefs through the ages / Eugen Weber.

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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1999.

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Description	294 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-268) and index.
Contents	Chronologies and Fins de Siecle -- Apocalypses and Millenarianisms -- In Dark and Bloody Times -- Revivalists and Antichrists -- Apocalypse and Science -- Enlightenment? -- Apocalypse in Worldly Times -- Pursuits of the Millennium -- Time's Noblest Offspring -- The Twentieth Century.
Summary	The author presents apocalyptic visions and prophesies from "the ancients of the West and the Orient ... the Jews and earliest Christians ... Asia, Africa, and South America," and shows how these "beliefs inspired Crusades, scientific discoveries, works of art, voyages such as those of Columbus, rebellions, and reforms."--Jacket.
Subject	End of the world -- History of doctrines.
	Millennialism -- History of doctrines.
	End of the world -- History of doctrines. (OCoLC)fst00909636
	Millennialism -- History of doctrines. (OCoLC)fst01021771
	Eeuwwisselingen.
	Apocalyptiek.
	Profetieën.
	Weltuntergang Motiv (DE-588)4112551-4
	Weltuntergang (DE-588)4065463-1
	Endzeiterwartung (DE-588)4152203-5
	Literatur (DE-588)4035964-5
	Milenarismo.
	Doutrinas religiosas.
	Crença religiosa.
	Englisch.
	End of the world.
	Millennium.
Other Form:	Online version: Weber, Eugen, 1925-2007. Apocalypses. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1999 (OCoLC)606310375
ISBN	0674040805
	9780674040809
	0674003950
	9780674003958

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