'''''The Pursuit of the Millennium: Revolutionary Millenarians and Mystical Anarchists of the Middle Ages''''' (1957, revised and expanded in 1970), is Norman_Cohn's study of Millenarian Cult movements. Covering a wide span of time, Cohn's book discusses topics such as Anti-Semitism and the Crusades, in addition to such sects as the Brethren_of_the_Free_Spirit, Flagellants, the Anabaptists, and the Ranters. ''The Pursuit of the Millennium'' concludes with a discussion of the theocratic king John_of_Leiden, who took over the city of Münster in 1534. {{hist-book-stub}} Pursuit of the Millennium