A beautiful ending : the apocalyptic imagination and the making of the modern world /: the apocalyptic imagination and the making of the modern world. ([2022])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: John Jeffries Martin.
• Authors: Martin, John Jeffries, 1951-
• Contents: The apocalyptic braid -- Publishing the Apocalypse -- Christopher Columbus -- Conquest and utopia -- The last world emperor -- Antichrist and Reformation -- "No one knows the hour" -- Battles for God -- The spiritual globe -- Cannibals -- The restitution of all things -- Crossing the Pillars of Hercules.
• Publisher Details: New Haven : Yale University Press
• Publication Date: 2022
• Copyright Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 323 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 202.3; End of the world -- History of doctrines; Apocalyptic literature; Messianism; Millennialism; Civilization, Modern; Fin du monde -- Histoire des doctrines; Messianisme; Millénarisme; Littérature apocalyptique; millenarianism; Civilization, Modern; Apocalyptic literature; End of the world -- History of doctrines; Messianism; Millennialism
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780300265446; 0300265441
• Related ISBNs: 9780300247329; 030024732X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter platform, viewed May 23, 2022).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.