Title

Islam and the West in the Age of the Pilgrim

Author

David R. Blanks, Arkansas Tech UniversityFollow

Files

Department

History & Political Science

Document Type

Book Chapter

Abstract

BOOK ABSTRACT:

This collection of new essays examines the long-standing question of apocalyptic expectations around the turn of the first millennium. Including works by scholars of medieval history, literature, and religion, this book argues that apocalyptic expectations did exist around the year 1000. It provides a more balanced and nuanced approach to the issue than the traditional views that either identify a time of fear, the 'terrors of the year 1000', or deny that awareness of the millennium existed. This book, instead, recognizes that there were a variety of responses to the eschatological years 1000 and 1033 and that these responses contributed to the broader social and religious developments associated with the birth of European civilization.

First Page

257

Last Page

271

Publication Date

2002

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

City

New York

ISBN

9781403960290; 9781349730551; 9781137115591

Recommended Citation

Blanks, David R. "Islam and the West in the Age of the Pilgrim" in The Year 1000: Religious and Social Response to the Turning of the First Millenium, ed. Michael Frassetto, 257-271. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002.