About this title: Norman Cohn, the author of "Noah' Flood", "Europe's Inner Demons", and "Cosmos, Chaos, and the World to Come", argues that periods of crisis and social upheaval such as the Black Death prompt the emergence of prophets who attract followers with promises of hope and a millennium just around the corner. The author displays his usual mastery of the ...
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Edition: Pilmico Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Pimlico, London
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780712656641ISBN:0712656642
Description: Very Good. Used paperback in very good condition. 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. Contains a section of illustrations. 414 pages. read more
Edition: Third Edition with revisions
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Paladin, London
Date Published: 1970
Description: 8vo, wrappers. Pp 412, with eight pages of plates. The tradition of revolutionary millenarianism and mystical anarchism as it developed in western Europe between the eleventh and the sixteenth centuries. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Paladin Books, St. Albans
Date Published: 1978
ISBN-13:9780586080023ISBN:0586080023
Description: Good. 0586080023. Clean, tightly bound paperback, ex private library stamp on the front endpaper and in the margin of page 49, card covers rubbed at corners, but generally appears little used, no inscriptions. 412 pages, 10 illustrations on plates, notes, bibliography, index. read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: PALADIN
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780586080023ISBN:0586080023
Description: Published by Paladin in 1970. Paperback. Number of pages: 424. Condition: Very Good. May show some slight signs of wear. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford Univ. Press
Date Published: 1974
Description: Good. Prev. owner's embossment on title page, 410 pages, illustrated, Professor Cohn shows how the desire of the poor to improve the material condition of their lives became transfused between the twelfth and the sixteenth century with prophecies of a prodigious final struggle between the hosts of Christ and antichrist-from which another paradise or kingdom of the Saints was to emerge. read more
Edition: NEW ED
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: VINTAGE Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780712656641ISBN:0712656642
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 496 pages. (496 pages) the middle ages inherited a tradition of prophesy which, during those centuries, took on fresh vitality. this tradition foretold a millennium in which the world would be inhabited by happy people. this book tells the story of those millenarian fanaticism and points to their persistence today. 8pp b&w photographs, 1 map edition new ed (Paperback) read more
Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780195004564ISBN:0195004566
Description: New. 0195004566 Pub date: 1970. Condition: BRAND NEW. We are a tested and proven company with over 400, 000 satisfied customers since 1997. Choose expedited shipping for much faster delivery. Delivery confirmation on all US orders. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1970-05-15
ISBN-13:9780195004564ISBN:0195004566
Description: Good. 1972 printing. Revised and Expanded Edition. Same ISBN, different cover than that pictured here. Good paperback, light tanning to page edges, cover has edgewear. read more
"One of the best books from my college days in medieval history and archaeology. This book describes, in depth, the phenomenon of militant religious movements related to the Millennium. Excellent read, but very academic."
"One of the first and most readable major books written on the subject of medieval Millenarianism, Cohn manages to make what might seem to the modern reader obscure and baffling heresies into highly engaging historical reading.
Having read this, Vaneigem's "The Movement of the Free Spirit" and Ehrenreich's "Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy" I would say all three are valuable if read in a particular order. Start with Ehrenreich, finish with Cohn and supplement with Vaneigem."
"If you are interested in some of the crazy offshoots of Christianity (with a bit of Islam and Judaism thown in, if I recall correctly) that sprang up in the late Middle Ages, you can't do better than this book. More "history that reads weirder than any Science Fiction evah!""
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