Nebuchadnezzar's Dream: The Crusades, Apocalyptic Prophecy, and the End of History 9780190274207, 0190274204

In 1099, the soldiers of the First Crusade took Jerusalem. As the news of this victory spread throughout Medieval Europe

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Table of contents :
Cover......Page 1
Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream: The Crusades, Apocalyptic Prophecy, and the End of History......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
List of Figures......Page 10
List of Tables......Page 12
Maps......Page 14
Preface......Page 18
Plates......Page 24
Part I: Prophecy and the First Crusade......Page 40
Chapter 1. Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream, 600 bce......Page 42
Bohemond......Page 46
Tall Tales......Page 48
Peace with Honor......Page 53
The Epic Hero......Page 56
The Apocalypse: A Celebration......Page 60
The Last Days as a Historical Problem......Page 62
The Politics of History......Page 65
Orosius the Prophet......Page 68
Antichrist, the Son of Perdition......Page 74
The Two Dreams of Nebuchadnezzar......Page 79
Antichrist and Emperor......Page 82
Chapter 5. Sacred Geography......Page 88
Jerusalem as Microcosm......Page 89
The Travels of Alexander the Great......Page 93
Legends and Last Days......Page 97
Part II: Warning Signs......Page 104
Chapter 6. Crusaders Behaving Badly......Page 106
Penitential Warriors......Page 107
The Fruits of Penance......Page 108
Templars......Page 114
The Crusade of 1101......Page 119
The Trouble with Baldwin......Page 126
The Field of Blood......Page 130
Walter’s Book......Page 135
Part III: Prophecy Revised (1144–1187)......Page 138
Your “L” Will Then Become a “C”......Page 140
Crusade as Reenactment......Page 142
Bernard of Clairvaux and Prophecy......Page 146
Bernard’s Miracles, or God Goes All In......Page 151
The Experience of Defeat......Page 155
Chapter 9. Translatio imperii : Leaving Jerusalem......Page 162
Otto of Freising’s Theory of History......Page 165
Going to Jerusalem......Page 170
Otto’s Apocalypse......Page 174
Keeping the Nightmare Alive......Page 179
Gerhoh of Reichersberg’s Dream of Jerusalem......Page 182
Gerhoh’s Disillusionment......Page 185
Putting the Last Emperor to Bed......Page 188
Gerhoh’s Apocalyptic Vision of History......Page 193
The Death of Crusading......Page 198
Part IV: The New Iron Kingdom......Page 204
Chapter 11. Jerusalem Lost......Page 206
The Lost Ark of Christ......Page 209
A Gift to Barbarossa......Page 214
Chapter 12. The Crusade of Joachim of Fiore......Page 220
A Newly Modeled History......Page 221
Saladin, the Seven Seals, and the First Crusade......Page 229
Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream......Page 241
Conclusion: The Ongoing Madness of Antichrist......Page 247
Acknowledgments......Page 260
Chapter 2......Page 262
Chapter 3......Page 265
Chapter 4......Page 268
Chapter 5......Page 270
Chapter 6......Page 275
Chapter 7......Page 277
Chapter 8......Page 279
Chapter 9......Page 283
Chapter 10......Page 287
Chapter 11......Page 290
Chapter 12......Page 292
Conclusion......Page 296
Primary Sources......Page 298
Secondary Sources......Page 301
Index......Page 308

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