During the Middle Ages, the Apocalypse was a big deal, with much attention paid to when it would happen, what it would be like, and how things would be afterwards. Religion played a big role in all of this, with Christianity, Judaism, and Islam all seeing things slightly differently.

Theme: The Apocalypse

• Alice Isabella Sullivan, "Eschatology and the Apocalypse: Anticipating the end of the world," 18-21.
• Christian Askeland, "Marginalization and oppression: John's Apocalypse in Coptic Egypt," 22-27.
• James G. Clark, "Doom play: Public dramas and the Last Judgment," 28-31.
• Richard K. Emmerson, "Medieval Apocalypse manuscripts: Imagery, allegory, and salvation," 32-39.
• Francis X. Gumerlock, "The day and hour of the Second Coming: Medieval conjectures on when the world would end," 40-43.
• Ryan Szpiech, "The coming of the Messiah: Between redemption and apocalypse," 44-49.

Features:

• Wendy Yunjia Zhang, "Water-Moon Guanyin in medieval China: Compassion across time," 8-11.
• Robert Jones, "Chivalric women: Agency, importance, and power," 12-13.
• Michael Kister, "Italian power politics: The emergence of city communes," 14-17.
• Jason Hulott, "Knife fighting in medieval Europe: Masters, law, and self-defence," 50-53.
• Kathryn Walton, "The Canterbury Tales: A story for every reader," 54-55.
• Rowdy Geirsson, "Review: Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age," 56.
• Gabrielle Storey, "Review: 'Europe' in the Middle Ages," 57.