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John of Rupescissa ́s VADE MECUM IN TRIBULACIONE (1356)

A Late Medieval Eschatological Manual for the Forthcoming Thirteen Years of Horror and Hardship

By: Matthias Kaup

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John of Rupescissa ́s VADE MECUM IN TRIBULACIONE (1356)

A Late Medieval Eschatological Manual for the Forthcoming Thirteen Years of Horror and Hardship

By: Matthias Kaup

The VADE MECUM IN TRIBULACIONE was meant as an eschatological manual for the thirteen catastrophic years between its composition in December 1356 and the Thousand-Year Reign of Christ expected to begin in 1370. This manual, permeated by passion for clerical reform, was intended to give righteous Christians practical and spiritual advice on how to survive this period of tribulation. Likewise, it aimed to inform them about what to expect from the envoys of Satan, the Western and the Eastern Antichrists, but also from Christ’s warriors, the papal restorer and his secular assistant, the French-Roman Emperor. Moreover, it offered a brief outline of Christ’s Thousand-Year Reign and of Armageddon. The VADE MECUM was written by John of Rupescissa OFM (c. 1310-1366), the most prolific apocalyptic author of the Middle Ages, as the central work of in all three manuals designed to prepare Christendom for the impending crises. As a completely new text type and summary of the late Rupescissa’s doctrines, this eschatological manual fascinated numerous readers in the Late Middle Ages, who copied, reworked and translated it and made it thus a pivotal text of medieval apocalypticism: ten versions of the Latin VADE MECUM in more than forty manuscripts have come down to us. Rupescissa’s eschatological manual is his last known and most widely distributed work; the present study provides an annotated critical edition equipped with an English translation. It inducts in the manual’s contents, places them in the context of Rupescissa’s work and medieval prophetic literature, investigates important aspects of its reception and clarifies the relationships between its different versions. Furthermore, it ends with a critical edition of the VENI MECUM IN TRIBULACIONE, the most influential compendious version of the VADE MECUM. Thus this book offers an indispensable fundamental contribution to the flourishing studies of Rupescissa and medieval apocalypticism.

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Routledge

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1317110498

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9781317110491

A Companion to Joachim of Fiore

By: Matthias Riedl

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A Companion to Joachim of Fiore

By: Matthias Riedl

Joachim of Fiore (c.1135-1202) remains one of the most fascinating and enigmatic figures of medieval Christianity. In his own time, he was an influential advisor to the mighty and powerful, widely respected for his prophetic exegesis and decoding of the apocalypse. In modern times, many thinkers, from Thomas Müntzer to Friedrich Engels, have hailed him as a prophet of progress and revolution. Even present-day theologians, philosophers and novelists were inspired by Joachim’s vision of a Third Age of the Holy Spirit. However, at no time was Joachim an uncontroversial figure. Soon after his death, the church authorities became suspicious about the explosive potential of his theology, while more recently historians held him accountable for the fateful progressivism of Western Civilization. Contributors are: Frances Andrews, Valeria De Fraja, Alfredo Gatto, Peter Gemeinhardt, Sven Grosse, Massimo Iiritano, Bernard McGinn, Matthias Riedl, and Brett Edward Whalen.

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BRILL

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9004339663

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9789004339668

Comparative Anatomy of the External and Middle Ear of Palaeognathous Birds

By: J.Matthias Starck

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Comparative Anatomy of the External and Middle Ear of Palaeognathous Birds

By: J.Matthias Starck

This volume presents a broad comparative anatomical approach towards the functional morphology of the middle ear of palaeognathous birds (ostrich, rhea, tinamous, emu, cassowary, kiwi) and basal neognathous birds. It presents the most complete and thoroughly studied source of material on this field. For the first time it became possible to develop exact images of "non-structures" like the air-filled spaces of the avian skull by using non-invasive CT-techniques, computer-aided 3D-reconstruction, and morphometry, and to evaluate their functional importance for sound transmission and amplification through the middle ear. A series of air brush drawings represent detailed three-dimensional images of middle ear structures and the pneumatic spaces of the octic region of the skull.

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146

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3642795927

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9783642795923

John of Rupescissa ́s VADE MECUM IN TRIBULACIONE (1356)

A Late Medieval Eschatological Manual for the Forthcoming Thirteen Years of Horror and Hardship

By: Matthias Kaup

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A Late Medieval Eschatological Manual for the Forthcoming Thirteen Years of Horror and Hardship

By: Matthias Kaup

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Taylor & Francis

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1317110501

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John of Rupescissa ́s VADE MECUM IN TRIBULACIONE (1356)

John of Rupescissa ́s VADE MECUM IN TRIBULACIONE (1356)

A Companion to Joachim of Fiore

A Companion to Joachim of Fiore

Comparative Anatomy of the External and Middle Ear of Palaeognathous Birds

Comparative Anatomy of the External and Middle Ear of Palaeognathous Birds

John of Rupescissa ́s VADE MECUM IN TRIBULACIONE (1356)

John of Rupescissa ́s VADE MECUM IN TRIBULACIONE (1356)

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