Description
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewDeVun's book is well-constructed, thoroughly documented, instructive, and very useful. -- Chara Crisciani American Historical Review [H]ighly readable text, amply supported by some fifty pages of endnotes, a bibliography, and a usefully compiled index, Leah DeVun has produced an original and valuable book. -- Stanton J. Linden, Washington State University SPECULUM This book offers the reader a tour of one of the more peculiar corners of medieval thought, a corner defined by the intersection of three enterprises: Spiritual Franciscanism, Joachite apocalypticism, and alchemical speculation. -- David E. Timmer Church History DeVun has written a splendid book about medieval alchemy and apocalyptic prophecy that is truly a pleasure to read. Prophecy, Alchemy, and the End of Time will be an essential item for anyone hoping to understand the history of science and religion in the later Middle Ages. -- Laura Ackerman Smoller Medievalia et Humanistica An excellent study... not only for its careful description of an underappreciated figure, but also because of the important theoretical contributions [DeVun] makes to a more holistic approach to our understanding of the history of science and to late medieval culture. -- Gregory J. Miller H-German
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. The Proving of Christendom 3. John of Rupescissa's Vision of the End 4. Alchemy in Theory and Practice 5. Artists and the Art 6. Metaphor and Alchemy 7. The End of Nature 8. Conclusion Bibliography Notes Index
