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Pursuit of the Millennium: Revolutionary Millenarians and Mystical Anarchists of the Middle Ages

by Norman Cohn · 1957

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The Middle Ages inherited from antiquity a tradition of prophecy and gave it new life. This tradition foretold a millennium in which humanity would enjoy a new paradise on earth, free from suffering and sin. This is the story of those millenarian fanaticisms, and points to their persistence in the modern era.

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