Sunday, January 11, 2004

8:30–10:30 a.m.

130.Apocalyptic War in Medieval Christendom and Islam
Omni Shoreham, Congressional A

Chair: Rachel Howes, California State University at Northridge
Papers:

From History to Apocalypse: Eastern Christian Responses to the Islamic Conquests of Byzantium of the Seventh to Ninth Centuries
Alice Whealey, Emory and Henry College

Muslim Apocalyptic Aspirations toward Conquering Constantinople in the Seventh and Eighth Centuries
David Cook, Rice University

From “Peace! Peace! Peace!” to “God wants it”: Agents of God’s Apocalyptic Will in Peace and War in Latin Christendom, 1033, 1065, 1096
Richard Landes, Boston University

Comment: Kevin Doak, Georgetown University