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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
The apocalyptic year 1000: religious expectation and social change, 950–1050 / edited by
Richard Landes, Andrew Gow, and David C. Van Meter.
p. cm.
Papers delivered at a conference held at the end of 1996.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-19-511191-5; 0-19-516162-9 (pbk. )
1. Second Advent—History of doctrines—Middle Ages, 600–1500—Congresses.
2. Christianity and culture—Europe—History—To 1500—Congresses. 3. One thousand,
A. D. —Congresses. I. Landes, Richard Allen. II. Gow, Andrew Colin. III. Van Meter,
David C.
BT886.3. A66 2003
940.1′46—dc21 2002042550

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