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Reformist apocalypticism and Piers Plowman

Kathryn Kerby-Fulton
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  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments (page xi)
  • List of abbreviations (page xii)
  • I Introduction (page 1)
    • The new apocalyptic theory of the later Middle Ages (page 4)
    • Prophecy in Piers Plowman and the case for reformist apocalypticism in the poem (page 9)
    • Sources of apocalyptic thought in medieval Britain (page 23)
  • 2 The visionary prophecy of Hildegard of Bingen in relation to Piers Plowman (page 26)
    • Introduction: Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) and the dissemination of her prophecies (page 26)
    • Hildegard's apocalypticism and her prophecy of clerical reform: "visionary denunciation of ecclesiastical abuses" (page 31)
    • Chronicling the future: the apocalyptic program (page 45)
    • Why vision? Style in medieval apocalyptic vision literature (page 56)
    • Visionary self-image (page 64)
  • 3 Piers Plowman and the medieval visionary tradition (page 76)
    • Introduction: the apocalyptic visionary tradition (page 76)
    • Allegory or apocalypse? Apocalyptic form in Piers Plowman and some of the pre-medieval apocalypses (page 79)
    • "Visionary denunciation of ecclesiastical abuses": Robert of Uzès and Bridget of Sweden (page 96)
    • Piers Plowman and some psychological, literary and spiritual aspects of medieval visionary tradition (page 112)
  • 4 Leaven of malice: false apostles in the anti-mendicant apocalypticism of later medieval England (page 133)
    • Introduction: "ordo" prophecy in medieval apocalyptic thought (page 133)
    • The ideology of William of St. Amour and Piers Plowman (page 135)
    • The possessionati, disendowment and Richard FitzRalph (page 150)
    • Anti-mendicant apocalypticism and the ending of Piers Plowman (page 153)
  • 5 Leaven of hope: new leadership and Joachite apocalypticism (page 162)
    • Introduction: Joachite apocalypticism in medieval England (page 162)
    • Laboring toward spiritual Utopia: Langland and Joachim of Fiore (1135-1202) (page 164)
    • The Church in crisis: apocalyptic themes in Piers Plowman and pseudo-Joachite prophecy (page 172)
    • A Joachite perspective on Piers Plowman (page 191)
  • 6 Conclusions (page 201)
  • Notes (page 204)
  • Select bibliography (page 242)
  • General index (page 249)
  • Index of biblical citations (page 255)
  • Index of manuscripts (page 256)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
ENHR 109.432 (Jun. 1994): 703-705 http://www.jstor.org/stable/572957
YES 23 (1993): 317-317 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3507995
MP 90.2 (Nov. 1992): 246-251 http://www.jstor.org/stable/438756
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Published: 2007
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN(s)
  • 9780511872877 (ebook)
  • 9780521342988 (hardcover)
  • 9780521041461 (paper)
Subject
  • Literature
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