Influence of Prophecy in the Later Middle Ages, The : A Study in Joachimism

Since the original publication of this title, the twelfth-century Calabrian Abbot Joachim of Fiore has been accorded an increasingly central position in the history of medieval thought and culture. In this classic work Marjorie Reeves shows the wide extent of Joachimist influence from the thirteenth to the sixteenth centuries and demonstrates the continuity between medieval and Renaissance thought in the field of prophecy. Reeves pinpoints some of the most original aspects of Joachim's theology of history and traces his reputation and influence through succeeding centuries. She also explains how his vision of a final age of the spirit in history became a powerful force in shaping expectations of the future in Western Europe. The book traces in detail the development of the three great images in which these expectations came to be focused: New Spiritual Men, Angelic Pope, and Last World Emperor. In addition, Reeves illuminates how the pervading influence of Joachim's concepts of a future golden age forms the basis for an understanding of prophetic visions in later centuries. Cover Half title Title page Dedication PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION PREFACE CONTENTS NOTE ON REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES ABBREVIATIONS PART ONE: THE REPUTATION OF THE ABBOT JOACHIM I: JOACHIM AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES II: JOACHIM'S VIEW OF HISTORY III: THE CONDEMNATION OF 1215 IV: THE EARLY DISSEMINATION OF JOACHIMIST IDEAS V: JOACHIMISM IN THE MID-THIRTEENTH CENTURY VI: THE SCANDAL OF THE ETERNAL EVANGEL VII: JOACHIM'S POPULAR REPUTATION VIII: THE DIFFUSION OF JOACHIMIST WORKS IN THE LATER MIDDLE AGES IX: JOACHIM 'S DOUBLE REPUTATION IN THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES X: ORTHODOX OR HETERODOX? PART TWO: NEW SPIRITUAL MEN I: THE AGE OF THE CONTEMPLATIVES II: CLAIMANTS OF JOACHIM'S PROPHECY III: DOMINICANS IV: EARLY FRANCISCANS V: SPIR ITUAL FRANCISCANS AND FRATICELLI VI: OBSERVANTINE FRANCISCANS VII: POPULAR MOVEMENTS VIII: AUGUSTINIAN FRIARS IX: JESUITS; CONCLUSION CONCLUSION PART THREE: ANTICHRIST AND LAST WORLD EMPEROR I: THE END OF HISTORY II: THE WORST ANTICHRIST AND THE LAST EMPEROR III: THE SECOND CHARLEMAGNE IV: THE THIRD FREDERICK V: THE EAGLE AND THE LILY VI: CONSTELLATION OF PROPHECIES CHARLES V VII: FRENCH COUNTER-CLAIM PART FOUR: ANGELIC POPE AND RENOVATIO MUNDI I: ECCLESIA ROMANA AND ECCLESIA CONTEMPLATIVA II: THE EMERGENCE OF THE IDEA OF THE ANGELIC POPE III: PROPHECY IN THE PERIOD OF BABYLONISH CAPTIVITY AND GREAT SCHISM IV: RENOVATIO MUNDI AND RENAISSANCE V: THE VATICINIA DE SUMMIS PONTIFICIBUS VI: RENOVATIO MUNDI AND CATHOLIC EXEGESIS VII: RADICAL VIEWS OF THE RENOVATIO MUNDI CONCLUSION APPENDICES APPENDIX A: THE GENUINE AND SPURIOUS WORKS OF JOACHIM APPENDIX B: SOME SHORT PROPHECIES ATTRIBUTED TO JOACHIM, OR ASSOCIATED WITH JOACHIMIST PROPHECIES APPENDIX C: EXAMPLES OF PROPHETIC ANTHOLOGIES SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY I SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY II INDEX OF MANUSCRIPTS GENERAL INDEX