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A.D. 1000: A World on the Brink of Apocalypse

It is the onej-thousandth year of Christianity. The end of the millennium is fast approaching, and with it the nightmare visions of Armageddon and the Apocalypse. Europe is wracked by war, famine, carnage,a nd pestilence. Madness plagues the continent.

Tracing the career of briliant visionary Pope Sylvester II, Richard Erdoes has composed a vivid tapestry of a century frighteningly similar to our present one. This chilling historical account holds up a darkling mirror.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 284
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9781569751572
  • Genres
  • history, medieval, biography, religion
  • Release date
  • 1998