Norman Cohn Book order
January 12, 1915 – July 31, 2007
This Jewish academic and historian dedicated fourteen years to professorial work, focusing on the intricate connections between medieval and contemporary antisemitism. His research delves deeply into the history and psychology of hatred, seeking to illuminate persistent prejudices and their impact on society today. Through meticulous historical inquiry and critical analysis, he unravels the enduring threads of animosity. His work offers profound insights into the enduring nature of societal biases.
- 2007
- 1997
Die Erwartung der Endzeit
Vom Ursprung der Apokalypse
- 1988
Das neue irdische Paradies
Revolutionärer Millenarismus und mystischer Anarchismus im mittelalterlichen Europa
- 409 pages
- 15 hours of reading
- 1970
The end of the millennium has always held the world in fear of earthquakes, plague, and the catastrophic destruction of the world. At the dawn of the 21st millennium the world is still experiencing these anxieties, as seen by the onslaught of fantasies of renewal, doomsday predictions, and New Age prophecies.This fascinating book explores the millenarianism that flourished in western Europe between the eleventh and sixteenth centuries. Covering the full range of revolutionary and anarchic sects and movements in medieval Europe, Cohn demonstrates how prophecies of a final struggle between the hosts of Christ and Antichrist melded with the rootless poor's desire to improve their own material conditions, resulting in a flourishing of millenarian fantasies. The only overall study of medieval millenarian movements, The Pursuit of the Millennium offers an excellent interpretation of how, again and again, in situations of anxiety and unrest, traditional beliefs come to serve as vehicles for social aspirations and animosities.
- 1969
Betr. u. a. den Berner Prozess von 1934/35 (S. 225-236).
