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The Pursuit of the Millennium
Norman Cohn · 1961 · 419 pages
This fascinating book explores the millenarianism that flourished in Western Europe between the eleventh and sixteenth centuries.
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Ian McEwan
“This celebrated book has been in print for over half a century. It’s a historical account of the fanatical millenarian sects that swept across Europe from the 11th to 15th centuries: sects that were driven by certainty of the world coming to an end. Clearly, it has relevance for our times.”↗
