John of Rupescissa in the Late Middle Ages
by
Leah DeVun
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2009
In the middle of the fourteenth century, the Franciscan friar John of Rupescissa sent a dramatic warning to his followers: the last days were coming; the apocalypse was near. Deemed insane by the Christian church, Rupescissa had spent more than a decade confined to prisons-in one case wrapped in chains...