The End of the World in Medieval Thought and Spirituality
This essay collection studies the Apocalypse and the end of the world, as these themes occupied the minds of biblical scholars, theologians, and ordinary people in Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and Early Modernity. It opens with an innovative series of stud
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The End of the World in Medieval Thought and Spirituality Edited by Eric Knibbs Jessica A. Boon Erica Gelser
The New Middle Ages Series Editor Bonnie Wheeler English and Medieval Studies Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX, USA
The New Middle Ages is a series dedicated to pluridisciplinary studies of medieval cultures, with particular emphasis on recuperating women’s history and on feminist and gender analyses. This peer-reviewed series includes both scholarly monographs and essay collections. More information about this series at http://www.palgrave.com/gp/series/14239
Eric Knibbs · Jessica A. Boon · Erica Gelser Editors
The End of the World in Medieval Thought and Spirituality
Editors Eric Knibbs Monumenta Germaniae Historica Munich, Germany Erica Gelser Wellesley, MA, USA
Jessica A. Boon University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Acknowledgements
Our acknowledgments go first and foremost to our advisor and friend, E. Ann Matter. In her career she has been a model mentor for many in the profession, in addition to her own students. Through her early participation in and leadership of such regional and national scholarly groups as the Delaware Valley Medieval Association, the Princeton-Penn Early Christianity group, Consortium for the Teaching of the Middle Ages,
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