Book Reviews
- For a fascinating compendium of how every Christian society absolutely pops off with some messianic/apocalyptic madness every time they're under social stress, read Cohen. https://t.co/uQrGxKBlEiLink to Tweet
- Christian millenarianism, specifically its frequency and intensity, is one of those (many) oddities of the religion. None of this is new; in fact, it's happened with almost every major catastrophe for the past 2,000 years. https://t.co/uQrGxKBlEiLink to Tweet
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This fascinating book explores the millenarianism that flourished in western Europe between the eleventh and sixteenth centuries. Cohn covers the full range of revolutionary and anarchic sects and movements in medieval Europe.