Medieval Networks in East Central Europe explores the economic, cultural, and religious forms of contact between East Central Europe and the surrounding world in the eight to the fifteenth century. The sixteen chapters are grouped into four thematic parts: the first deals with the problem of the region as a zone between major power centers; the second provides case studies on the economic and cultural implications of religious ties; the third addresses the problem of trade during the state formation process in the region, and the final part looks at the inter- and intraregional trade in the Late Middle Ages. Supported by an extensive range of images, tables, and maps, Medieval Networks in East Central Europe demonstrates and explores the huge significance and international influence that East Central Europe held during the medieval period and is essential reading for scholars and students wishing to understand the integral role that this region played within the processes of the Global Middle Ages.

Medieval Networks in East Central Europe explores the economic, cultural, and religious forms of contact between East Central Europe and the surrounding world in the eight to the fifteenth century. The sixteen chapters are grouped into four thematic parts: the first deals with the problem of the region as a zone between major power centers; the second provides case studies on the economic and cultural implications of religious ties; the third addresses the problem of trade during the state formation process in the region, and the final part looks at the inter- and intraregional trade in the Late Middle Ages. Supported by an extensive range of images, tables, and maps, Medieval Networks in East Central Europe demonstrates and explores the huge significance and international influence that East Central Europe held during the medieval period and is essential reading for scholars and students wishing to understand the integral role that this region played within the processes of the Global Middle Ages.

This volume addresses Jewish, Christian and Muslim future visions on the end of the world, focusing on the respective allies and antagonists for each religious society. Extensive lists of murderous end-time peoples, whether for good or evil, and those who merit salvation hold variably defined roles in end-time scenarios. Spanning late Antiquity to the early modern period, the collected papers examine distinctive aspects represented by each religion's approach as well as shared concepts.

Der Antichrist und vergleichbare Figuren, Helfer oder auch Vorlaufer desselben eignen sich gut zum interreligioesen Vergleich. Welcher Boese ist am Ende der Zeiten zu erwarten, was tut er und was wird dagegen unternommen? Wie kundigt er sich an, wem gleicht er und wer unterstutzt ihn absichtlich oder gezwungenermassen - wie gewinnt er Anhanger? Wer konnte zu verschiedenen Zeiten mit ihm identifiziert werden, wie wurde er erkannt und welche Konsequenzen hatte das? In Zeiten gesellschaftlicher Krisen und Umbruche (Investiturstreit, byzantinischer Bilderstreit, Kreuzzuge, Pest, Reformationen - bis hin zur Franzoesischen Revolution und dem ersten Weltkrieg), so lasst sich ohne UEbertreibung feststellen, wurde regelmassig die Antichristproblematik aufgegriffen. Die Diffamierung von Gegnern als antichrist, praecursores antichristi setzte eine Bekanntheit der Figur des Antichrist voraus, die auch in ruhigeren Zeiten in verschiedenen monotheistischen Religionen gegeben war, deren Eschatologien Gegenstand einer Tagung im September 2007 in Frankfurt am Main waren, deren Beitrage hier vorgestellt werden. Die Antichristproblematik war von erheblicher Bedeutung in Auseinandersetzungen zwischen den Religionen, nicht nur im Sinne einer gegenseitigen Diffamierung. Da die bisherige Forschung sich entweder auf die Entstehung und die geistesgeschichtlichen Hintergrunde der Figur des Antichrist konzentrierte, oder die historische Detailforschung die Brisanz und Bedeutung einer Antichristsemantik fast immer ignorierte oder gar leugnete, war es an der Zeit, sich facher- und zeitubergreifend dieser Problematik anzunehmen.

Millennium transcends boundaries - between epochs and regions, and between disciplines. Like the Millennium-Jahrbuch, the journal Millennium-Studien pursues an international, interdisciplinary approach that cuts across historical eras. Composed of scholars from various disciplines, the editorial and advisory boards welcome submissions from a range of fields, including history, literary studies, art history, theology, and philosophy. Millennium-Studien also accepts manuscripts on Latin, Greek, and Oriental cultures. In addition to offering a forum for monographs and edited collections on diverse topics, Millennium-Studien publishes commentaries and editions. The journal primary accepts publications in German and English, but also considers submissions in French, Italian, and Spanish. If you want to submit a manuscript please send it to the editor from the most relevant discipline: Wolfram Brandes, Frankfurt (Byzantine Studies and Early Middle Ages): [email protected] Peter von Moellendorff, Giessen (Greek language and literature): [email protected] Dennis Pausch, Dresden (Latin language and literature): [email protected] Rene Pfeilschifter, Wurzburg (Ancient History): [email protected] Karla Pollmann, Bristol (Early Christianity and Patristics): [email protected] All manuscript submissions will be reviewed by the editor and one outside specialist (single-blind peer review).