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Author Jue, Jeffrey K

Title Heaven upon earth : Joseph Mede (1586-1638) and the legacy of millenarianism / by Jeffrey K. Jue
Published Dordrecht, the Netherlands : Springer, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (x, 281 pages)
Series Archives internationales d' histoire des idees = International archives of the history of ideas ; 194
Archives internationales d'histoire des idées ; 194.
Contents 1 -- JOSEPH MEDE IN CONTEXT -- Biography -- Crypto-Papists, Anti-Calvinists and the Antichrist -- Joseph Mede and the Cambridge Platonists -- Protestant Irenicism and the Millennium: Mede and the 65 Hartlib Circle -- 2 -- THE ROOTS OF MEDE'S APOCALYPTIC THOUGHT -- The Origins of the Clavis Apocalyptica: A Millenarian Conversion -- Millenarians, The Church Fathers and Jewish Rabbis -- 3 -- THE LEGACY OF JOSEPH MEDE -- An English Millenarian Legacy -- Colonial North America: The Puritan Errand Revised -- The Continental Millenarian Tradition -- Conclusion: Revising British Millenarianism
Summary Examines the apocalyptic tradition through the life and writings of Joseph Mede. This volume shows that the continual discussion of millenarian ideas reveals a vibrant tradition that cannot be reconstructed to fit within one simple historiographical narrative
Analysis filosofie
philosophy
geschiedenis
history
religie
religion
Philosophy (General)
Filosofie (algemeen)
Notes Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Aberdeen
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-276) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Mede, Joseph, 1586-1638.
SUBJECT Mede, Joseph, 1586-1638. cct
Mede, Joseph, 1586-1638 fast
Subject Millennialism.
Millennialism -- England
Millennialism -- New England
millenarianism.
RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Eschatology.
Millennialism -- New England.
Millennialism.
Millennialism -- England.
Sciences sociales.
Sciences humaines.
Millennialism
England
New England
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781402042935
1402042930
1402042922
9781402042928
1280612681
9781280612688
6610612684
9786610612680
Other Titles Joseph Mede (1586-1638) and the legacy of millenarianism