Last World Emperor

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June 2024

June 10, 2024

The Third Age Dawns in China: The Story Thus Far

The Chinese religious scene is nothing if not adaptable. This is nowhere truer than in...

March 2023

March 13, 2023

Athurus alter Christus: King Arthur as Last World Emperor in Malory’s Morte d’Arthur

It is remarkable, given the number of centuries that Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur reigned...

March 10, 2023

Arthurus alter Christus: King Arthur as the Last World Emperor in Geoffrey of Monmouth

If one were to compile a list of texts that have defined the shape and...

March 04, 2023

Arthurus alter Christus: King Arthur as Last World Emperor in Celtic Folklore

The Arthur myth has always had a complicated relationship with the Christian faith. On one...

January 2023

January 28, 2023

The Last World Emperor in European History

The Tiburtine Sibyl is one of the Sibylline Oracles, prophetic texts from the first few...

January 27, 2023

The Last Emperor in Pseudo-Methodius: An Analysis

We ended last entry with a brief consideration of the remarkable anti-monarchist message that...

January 26, 2023

The Last Emperor in Pseudo-Methodius: The Narrative

The Book of Revelation, also simply called the Apocalypse, is one of the most...

January 25, 2023

The Last World Emperor: Christianity’s Other Messiah

One of the most infuriating things for any medieval scholar is the continued public perception...