Prophecy, alchemy, and the end of time : John of Rupescissa in the late Middle Ages / Leah DeVun.

In the middle of the fourteenth century, the Franciscan friar John of Rupescissa sent a dramatic warning to his followers: the last days were coming; the apocalypse was near. Deemed insane by the Christian church, Rupescissa had spent more than a decade confined to prisons & mdash;in one case wr...

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