Natural Disasters in Medieval Greek Apocalypses
Natural calamities form a standard theme in Byzantine apocalypses. This paper discusses their function and meaning by surveying more than a dozen medieval Greek apocalyptic narratives from the sixth to the fifteenth century. It is shown that natural disasters were understood as ambiguous epiphenomen...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2021
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Scrinium
Year: 2021, Volume: 17, Issue: 1, Pages: 158-171 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAC Church history 500-1500; Middle Ages KBK Europe (East) NBQ Eschatology |
| Further subjects: | B
Apocalyptic Literature
B anthropocentricism B environmental alarmism B Ambiguity |
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