Apocalypse then: prophecy and the making of the modern world
Encountering the beast -- Apocalypse revived: the Reformation -- The last world empire and its competitors -- Prophecy and nature: science, sex, and salvation -- The British revolutions: the rise of modern politics -- Prophecy and science II: physics, geology, and the eschaton -- Apocalyptic conscie...
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| Type de support: | Imprimé Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Publié: |
Westport, Conn. [u.a.]
Praeger
2008
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| Dans: | Année: 2008 |
| Recensions: | [Rezension von: Williamson, Arthur H., Apocalypse Then: Prophecy and the Making of the Modern World] (2010) (Tracy, Larissa)
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| Édition: | 1. publ. |
| Collection/Revue: | Praeger series on the early modern world
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| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Apocalyptique
/ Histoire 1500-1800
B Efficacité politique |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
End of the world
B History Prophecies B Prophecies |
| Accès en ligne: |
Book review (H-Net) Book review (H-Net) Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag) |
| Résumé: | Encountering the beast -- Apocalypse revived: the Reformation -- The last world empire and its competitors -- Prophecy and nature: science, sex, and salvation -- The British revolutions: the rise of modern politics -- Prophecy and science II: physics, geology, and the eschaton -- Apocalyptic conscience in crisis: Quakers, Jews, and other subversives -- Prophecy, enlightenment, and the democratic revolutions -- Novus ordo saeculorum: the rise of the redeemer republic -- Antichrist in the post-apocalyptic age |
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| Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-339) and index |
| ISBN: | 0275985083 |