Apocalypse and reform from late antiquity to the Middle Ages

"Apocalypse and Reform from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages provides a range of perspectives on what reformist apocalypticism meant for the formation of Medieval Europe, from the Fall of Rome to the twelfth century. It explores and challenges accepted narratives about both the development of apocalyptic thought and the way it intersected with cultures of reform to influence major transformations in the medieval world. Bringing together a wealth of knowledge from academics in Britain, Europe and the USA this book offers the latest scholarship in apocalypse studies. It consolidates a paradigm shift, away from seeing apocalypse as a radical force for a suppressed minority, and towards a fuller understanding of apocalypse as a mainstream cultural force in history. Together, the chapters and case studies capture and contextualise the variety of ideas present across Europe in the Middle Ages and set out points for further comparative study of apocalypse across time and space. Offering new perspectives on what ideas of ‘reform’ and ‘apocalypse’ meant in Medieval Europe, Apocalypse and Reform from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages provides students with the ideal introduction to the study of apocalypse during this period." --Back of book. Read more... Introduction: Reform And The Beginning Of The End / ‡r James T. Palmer And Matthew Gabriele -- ‡t The Chronicle Of Hydatius: A Historical Guidebook To The Last Days Of The Western Roman Empire / ‡r Veronika Wieser -- ‡t To Be Found Prepared: Eschatology And Reform Rhetoric C. 570-ca. 640 / ‡r James T. Palmer -- ‡t The Final Countdown And The Reform Of The Liturgical Calendar In The Early Middle Ages / ‡r Immo Warntjes -- ‡t Apocalypse And Reform In Bede's De Die Iudicii / ‡r Peter Darby -- ‡t Creating Futures Through The Lens Of Revelation In The Rhetoric Of The Carolingian Reform Ca. 750 To Ca. 900 / ‡r Miriam Czock -- ‡t Eschatology And Reform In Early Irish Law: The Evidence Of Sunday Legislation / ‡r Elizabeth Boyle -- ‡t Apocalypse, Eschatology And The Interim In England And Byzantium In The Tenth And Eleventh Centuries / ‡r Helen Foxhall Forbes -- ‡t Apocalypticism And The Rhetoric Of Reform In Italy Around The Year 1000 / ‡r Levi Roach -- ‡t This Time. Maybe This Time. Biblical Commentary, Monastic Historiography, And Lost Cause-ism At The Turn Of The First Millennium / ‡r Matthew Gabriele -- ‡t Against The Silence: Twelfth-century Augustinian Reformers Confront Apocalypse / Jehangir Y. Malegam -- ‡t Afterword / ‡r Jay Rubenstein. Edited By Matthew Gabriele And James T. Palmer. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "Apocalypse and Reform from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages provides a range of perspectives on what reformist apocalypticism meant for the formation of Medieval Europe, from the Fall of Rome to the twelfth century. It explores and challenges accepted narratives about both the development of apocalyptic thought and the way it intersected with cultures of reform to influence major transformations in the medieval world. Bringing together a wealth of knowledge from academics in Britain, Europe and the USA this book offers the latest scholarship in apocalypse studies. It consolidates a paradigm shift, away from seeing apocalypse as a radical force for a suppressed minority, and towards a fuller understanding of apocalypse as a mainstream cultural force in history. Together, the chapters and case studies capture and contextualise the variety of ideas present across Europe in the Middle Ages and set out points for further comparative study of apocalypse across time and space. Offering new perspectives on what ideas of 'reform' and 'apocalypse' meant in Medieval Europe, Apocalypse and Reform from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages provides students with the ideal introduction to the study of apocalypse during this period."--Provided by publisher Cover 1 Title 4 Copyright 5 CONTENTS 6 Abbreviations 8 Notes on contributors 10 Introduction: reform and the beginning of the end 12 1 The chronicle of Hydatius: a historical guidebook to the last days of the Western Roman Empire 22 2 To be found prepared: eschatology and reform rhetoric ca. 570–ca. 640 42 3 The final countdown and the reform of the liturgical calendar in the early Middle Ages 62 4 Apocalypse and reform in Bede’s De die iudicii 88 5 Creating futures through the lens of revelation in the rhetoric of the Carolingian Reform ca. 750 to ca. 900 112 6 Eschatology and reform in early Irish law: the evidence of Sunday legislation 132 7 Apocalypse, eschatology and the interim in England and Byzantium in the tenth and eleventh centuries 150 8 Apocalypticism and the rhetoric of reform in Italy around the year 1000 178 9 This time. Maybe this time. Biblical commentary, monastic historiography, and Lost Cause-ism at the turn of the first millennium 194 10 Against the silence: twelfth-century Augustinian reformers confront apocalypse 216 11 Afterword 232 Index 240 Apocalypse and Reform from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages provides the ideal introduction to what reformist apocalypticism meant for the formation of Medieval Europe, from the Fall of Rome to the twelfth century.