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.
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