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082			_a133.3 _bNOS
100			_aLykiard
245		0	_aNostradamus the Prophecies _c/Lykiard
260			_bGlobal Vision _c2020 _aDelhi
300			_axiv, 324p. _c21 cm.
504			_aindex
520			_a"One of the most enigmatic figures in history, Nostradamus - apothecary, astrologer and soothsayer - is a continual source of fascination. Indeed, his predictions are so much the stock-in-trade of the wildest merchants of imminent Doom that one could be forgiven for ignoring the fact that Michel de Nostredame, 1503-1566, was a figure firmly rooted in the society of the French Renaissance. In this bold new account of the life and work of Nostradamus, Denis Crouzet shows that any attempt to interpret his Prophecies at face value is misguided. Nostradamus was not trying to predict the future. He saw himself, rather, as 'prophesying', i.e. bringing the Word of God to humankind. In a century marked by the extreme violence of the Wars of Religion, Nostradamus' profound Christian faith placed him among the 'evangelicals' of his generation. Rejecting the confessional tensions tearing Europe apart, he sought to coax his readers towards an interiorised piety, based on the essential presence of Christ.
650			_aGender Studies
650			_aProphecies (Occultism) France History 16th century
942			_cENGLISH
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