| Titre | Le moyen âge entre le futur et l'avenir | |
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| Auteur | Jacques Le Goff | |
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Revue |
20 & 21. Revue d'histoire Titre à cette date : Vingtième siècle, revue d'histoire |
| Numéro | no 1, janvier 1984 | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Histoires de l'avenir, 1984 au rendez-vous d'Orwell |
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| Page | 15-22 | |
| Résumé anglais |
The Middle Ages between the future and the life to corne, Jacques Le Goff
The high Middle Ages ignored the future and put everything on the life to corne. Rome and St. Augustine had bequeathed the idea of a succession of ages up to the Last Judgement : the life-to-come was imposed by salvation. As of the 12th and 13th centuries, time was mastered, people began to count, growth began, archives became necessary : an earthly linear future became conceivable. The millenarist spurt was not mastered by it, but the age of progress and enlightenment could begin. This medieval wavering can help us understand the 20th century's dramas. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/xxs_0294-1759_1984_num_1_1_1762 |
