| Medieval Futures: Attitudes to the Future in the Middle Ages |  | Author: J.A. Burrow
Creator: Ian P. Wei
Publisher: Boydell Press
Category: Book
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Pages: 204
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Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 6.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 0851157793
Dewey Decimal Number: 303.49
EAN: 9780851157795
ASIN: 0851157793
Publication Date: August 3, 2000
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Medieval Futures explores the rich variety of ways in which medieval people imagined the future, from the prophetic anticipation of the end of the world to the mundane expectation that the world would continue indefinitely, permitting ordinary human plans and provisions. The articles explore the ways in which the future was represented to serve the present, methods used to predict the future, and strategies adopted in order to plan and provide for it. Different conceptions of the future are shown to relate to different social groups and the emergence of new mentalities, suggesting that changing conceptions of the future were related to general shifts in medieval culture. Contributors: PIERO BOITANI, PAUL BRAND, ELIZABETH A.R. BROWN, MARCUS BULL, JOHN BURROW, RHIANNON PURDIE, PHYLLIS B. ROBERTS, JEAN-CLAUDE SCHMITT, IAN P. WEI
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