This is an extensive introduction to Joachim of Fiore's life, works, and legacy of this medieval abbot and apocalyptic seer, who predicted the perfection of humankind in a future Third Age of the Holy Spirit.
Matthias Riedl, Dr. phil. (2003), University Erlangen-Nuremberg, is an associate professor at the Department of History at Central European University, Budapest. He published the monograph Joachim von Fiore: Denker der vollendeten Menschheit (2004) and numerous articles on the history of religious and political thought.
