Studies the different millennial beliefs and prophecies that have been present throughout history, from the ancient beliefs of the West and the Orient to the apocalyptic movements of the late twentieth century.
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Caught between the memory of a brutal war won at frightful cost and fear of another cataclysm, France in the 1930s suffered a failure of nerve. "The common sight of wheelchairs, crutches, empty sleeves dangling loosely or tucked into a jacket, had left the French with their fill…
Wesseling, one of the Netherlands' most respected contemporary historians, offers a great variety of studies and essays on modern French history and historians. The work is unique in its combination of biographical and structural approaches.
The author presents apocalyptic visions and prophesies from "the ancients of the West and the Orient ... the Jews and earliest Christians ... Asia, Africa, and South America," and shows how these "beliefs inspired Crusades, scientific discoveries, works of art, voyages such as t…
The author presents apocalyptic visions and prophesies from "the ancients of the West and the Orient ... the Jews and earliest Christians ... Asia, Africa, and South America," and shows how these "beliefs inspired Crusades, scientific discoveries, works of art, voyages such as t…
