عنوان

Reformist apocalypticism and Piers Plowman /

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Reformist apocalypticism and Piers Plowman /

[Book]

Kathryn Kerby-Fulton.

New York :

Cambridge University Press,

1990.

xii, 256 pages ;

24 cm

Cambridge studies in medieval literature ;

7

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--Oxford).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book addresses the need for scholarly attention to the field of alternative, non-Augustinian apocalypticism and its implications for the study of Piers Plowman. Kathryn Kerby-Fulton discusses the major prophets and visionaries of such alternative traditions, who are characterised by their denunciation of clerical abuses, the urging of religious reform, and an ultimate historical optimism. Her book offers a proposal for the importance of such traditions, particularly as represented in the writings of Hildegard of Bingen, to the understanding of Langland's visionary mode and reformist ideology. Dr Kerby-Fulton also explores the relevance of the prophetic mentality fostered by Joachite thought, and the reactionary response which it triggered in antimendicant eschatology. Above all, this book provides a stimulating challenge to assumptions that Langland's views of the course and end of history are wholly conventional, or easily explained by Augustinian eschatology.

Langland, William,1330?-1400-- Religion.

Langland, William,1330?-1400?, Piers Plowman.

Langland, William,1330?-1400?-- Religion.

Langland, William,1330?-1400?, Piers the Plowman.

Langland, William, 1332-1400, Piers Plowman

Langland, William,1330?-1400?.

Langland, William., Piers Plowman.

Piers Plowman (Langland, William)

Apocalyptic literature-- History and criticism.

End of the world in literature.

Reformation-- Early movements.

Littérature apocalyptique-- Histoire et critique.

Réforme (Christianisme)-- Origines.

Apocalyptic literature.

Apokalyptik

Einde der tijden.

End of the world in literature.

Piers Plowman (Langland)

Reformation

Reformation-- Early movements.

Religion.

Weltuntergang

Kerby-Fulton, Kathryn.

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