《追寻千禧年》简介：

中世纪继承了古代的预言的传统，并给了它新鲜而旺盛的生命。这种传统预言每过一千年，人类将在人间获得一个新的天堂，逃离痛苦和罪孽，世间成为一个圣徒的王国。一代又一代人不停地被一些突如其来而又神奇的事件所带来的强烈预期所吸引，他们相信，与之相随的是，世界将彻底改变。而事实上，这些预期与中世纪的社会动荡和运动互相交融，给中世纪社会的基本结构带来巨大的震动。

借鉴大量的当代发现的原始材料，本书讲述了中世纪中关于千禧年幻想主义的故事，以及它们在现代世界的衍生物。

《追寻千禧年》摘录：

shut himself up in his cell and stripped himself naked...and took his scourge with the sharp spikes,and beat himself on the body and on the arms and on the legs, till blood poured off him as from a man who has been cupped.One of the spikes on the scourge was bent crooked,like a hoot,and whatever flesh it caught it tore off.He beat himself so hard that the scourge broke into three bits and the points flew against the wall.He stood there bleeding and gazed at himself,It was such a wall.He stood there bleeding and gazed at himself.It was such a wretched sight that he was fearfully beaten.Out of pity for himself he bagen to weep bitterly.And he knelt down,naked and covered in blood,in the frosty air,and prayed to god yo wipe out his sins from before his gentle eyes.