This richly interdisciplinary collection of seventeen essays by
an impressive array of medievalists offers an overview of the
influence of the Apocalypse on the shaping of the Christian culture
of the Middle Ages. Each one focuses on some aspect of John's great
visionary text, specifically analyzing its interpretation,
representation, and manipulation in medieval culture, history,
religion, art, and literature. The book is divided into three
sections.
In the first part, six scholars of medieval history and thought
detail the development of interpretations of the Book of Revelation
from the earliest work of Tyconius and Augustine to the Franciscan
and Dominican explanations of the later Middle Ages. In the second
part, six art historians discuss the visual representation of the
Apocalypse in medieval art from early Christian mosaics through
late medieval and early Renaissance paintings and prints, including
those of Albrecht Durer. Five essays by historians and literary
historians in the third section focus on the wide variety of ways
in which medieval literature, liturgy, and historiography were
influenced by the Apocalypse.
Providing a wealth of new material, this book will enrich our
understanding of some of the major themes of medieval intellectual,
cultural, and religious history, and should serve as a model for
future works on related topics.
Contributors David Burr, Michael Camille, Yves Christe, E.
Randolph Daniel, Richard K. Emmerson, C. Clifford Flanigan, Paula
Frederiksen, Ronald B. Herzman, Dale Kinney, Peter Klein, Robert E.
Lerner, Suzanne Lewis, E. Ann Matter, Bernard McGinn, Karl F.
Morrison, Penn Szittya, John Williams
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