Prognostication In The Medieval World
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Author | : Matthias Heiduk |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 1039 |
Release | : 2020-11-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 3110499770 |
Two opposing views of the future in the Middle Ages dominate recent historical scholarship. According to one opinion, medieval societies were expecting the near end of the world and therefore had no concept of the future. According to the other opinion, the expectation of the near end created a drive to change the world for the better and thus for innovation. Close inspection of the history of prognostication reveals the continuous attempts and multifold methods to recognize and interpret God’s will, the prodigies of nature, and the patterns of time. That proves, on the one hand, the constant human uncertainty facing the contingencies of the future. On the other hand, it demonstrates the firm believe during the Middle Ages in a future which could be shaped and even manipulated. The handbook provides the first overview of current historical research on medieval prognostication. It considers the entangled influences and transmissions between Christian, Jewish, Islamic, and non-monotheistic societies during the period from a wide range of perspectives. An international team of 63 renowned authors from about a dozen different academic disciplines contributed to this comprehensive overview.
Author | : Michael Johnston |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 327 |
Release | : 2023-10-23 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1501516515 |
Susanna Fein’s long and distinguished scholarly career has helped to redefine how we understand the role of scribes and manuscripts from late medieval England. She has carried out groundbreaking research on seminal manuscripts (e.g., Harley 2253, the Thornton Manuscripts, John Audley’s autograph manuscript, and the Auchinleck Manuscript). She has written extensively on the more complex and challenging metrical forms the period produced. And she has edited foundational primary texts and collections of essays. A wide range of scholars have been influenced by Fein’s work, many of whom present original research—much of it following trails first laid down by Fein—in this volume.
Author | : Klaus Herbers |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2022-06-13 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 9004519173 |
A great number of historical examples show how desperate people sought to obtain a glimpse of the future or explain certain incidents retrospectively through signs that had occurred in advance. In that sense, signs are always considered a portent of future events. In different societies, and at different times, the written or unwritten rules regarding their interpretation varied, although there was perhaps a common understanding of these processes. This present volume collates essays from specialists in the field of prognostication in the European Middle Ages. Contributors are Klaus Herbers, Wolfram Brandes, Zhao Lu, Rolf Scheuermann, Thomas Krümpel, Bernardo Bertholin Kerr, Gaelle Bosseman, Julia Eva Wannenmacher (†), Matthias Kaup, Vincent Gossaert, Jürgen Gebhardt, Matthias Gebauer, Richard Landes.
Author | : John Scott Lucas |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2003-01-01 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 9789004132429 |
From a late 15th-century Catalan incunable and drawing on a rich tradition of astrological magic, geomancy, Pythagorean numerology and Hebrew gematria, this practical manual reveals a unique expression of medieval syncretism, the mingling of traditions and the development of new ideas.
Author | : Richard Kieckhefer |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2021-09-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1108494714 |
A revised and expanded edition of this fascinating interdisciplinary study of magic in the Middle Ages.
Author | : Sándor Chardonnens |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 624 |
Release | : 2007-06-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 904742042X |
Recent scholarship on the Anglo-Saxon prognostics has tried to place these texts within the realm of folklore and medicine, inspired largely by studies and editions from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. By analysing prognostic material in its manuscript context, this book offers a novel approach to the status and purpose of prognostic texts in the early Middle Ages with particular attention to the Anglo-Saxon tradition. From this perspective, it emerges that prognostication in Anglo-Saxon England was not folkloric but a scholarly pursuit by monks not primarily interested in the medical aspects of prognostication. In addition, this book offers, for the first time, a comprehensive edition of prognostics in Old English and Latin from Anglo-Saxon and early post-Conquest manuscripts. Brill's Texts and Sources in Intellectual History, vol. 3
Author | : Jonathan Green |
Publisher | : University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0472117831 |
Examining possible connections between prophecy and changes in media in the century after Gutenberg
Author | : Carine van Rhijn |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 2022-03-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1351368877 |
Starting from manuscripts compiled for local priests in the Carolingian period, this book investigates the way in which pastoral care took shape at the local levels of society. They show what illiterate lay people learned about their religion, but also what priests themselves knew. The Carolingian royal dynasty, which ruled over much of Europe in the eighth and ninth century, is well-known for its success in war, patronage of learning and its ambitious style of rulership. A central theme in their plans for the future of their kingdom was to ensure God's everlasting support, and to make sure that all inhabitants – down to the last illiterate farmer – reached eternal life in heaven. This book shows how the ideal of leading everybody to salvation was a central element of Carolingian culture. The grass-roots approach shows how early medieval religion was anything but uniform, how it encompassed all spheres of daily life and how well-educated local priests did not only know how to baptise and preach, but could also advise on matters concerning health, legal procedure and even the future. This volume is of great use to upper-level undergraduates, postgraduates and scholars interested in the ecclesiastical history of Europe in the Carolingian period.
Author | : Hans-Christian Lehner |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 403 |
Release | : 2021-05-25 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 9004462430 |
Crises and end time expectations are closely linked to one another. The present volume collates interdisciplinary research from specialists in the study of apocalyptic and eschatological subjects worldwide and overcomes the existing Euro-centrism by incorporating a broader perspective.
Author | : Robert Wisniewski |
Publisher | : Amsterdam University Press |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2020-10-21 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9048541018 |
In Late Antiquity, people commonly sought to acquire knowledge about the past, the present, and the future, using a variety of methods. While early Christians did not doubt that these methods worked effectively, in theory they were not allowed to make use of them. In practice, people responded to this situation in diverse ways. Some simply renounced any hope of learning about the future, while others resorted to old practices regardless of the consequences. A third option, however, which emerged in the fourth century, was to construct divinatory methods that were effective yet religiously tolerable. This book is devoted to the study of such practices and their practitioners, and provides answers to essential questions concerning this phenomenon. How did it develop? How closely were Christian methods related to older, traditional customs? Who used them and in which situations? Who offered oracular services? And how were they treated by the clergy, intellectuals, and common people?