{"product_id":"nostradamus-a-healer-of-souls-in-the-renaissance-paperback-softback-9781509507702","title":"Nostradamus; A Healer of Souls in the Renaissance (Paperback \/ softback) 9781509507702","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eNostradamus\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Healer of Souls in the Renaissance\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDenis Crouzet (Author), Mark Greengrass (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509507702, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 27 October 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e392 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.4 x 15 x 3 cm, 0.59 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This study by the distinguished historian of Renaissance France, Denis Crouzet, is a milestone in studies of Nostradamus for two reasons: its attention to the sixteenth century context of the prophecies, and its 'anti-interpretation', arguing that the meaning of the texts 'is always left hanging in the air'.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Burke, University of Cambridge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \"In this very subtle and thought-provoking book Denis Crouzet makes sense of Nostradamus precisely by accepting his deliberate obscurity. The extraordinary violence and disquieting imagery of his quatrains can be compared with the paintings of Bosch, portraying a world turned upside down where sin and cruelty presage divine punishment. Crouzet skillfully weaves this into a broader understanding of the spiritual and emotional imaginary of the Reformation era, when all old certainties seemed to be melting down, amidst terrifying human savagery.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobin Briggs, All Souls College, University of Oxford\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne 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 forgetting that Michel de Nostredame, 1503-1566, was a figure firmly rooted in the society of the French Renaissance. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this bold new account of the life and work of Nostradamus, Denis Crouzet shows that any attempt to interpret his \u003ci\u003eProphecies\u003c\/i\u003e 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. Like Rabelais, for whom laughter was a therapy to help one cope with the misery of the times, Nostradamus thought of himself as a physician of the soul as much as of the body. His unveiling of the menacing and horrendous events which await us in the future was a way of frightening his readers into the realisation that inner hatred was truly the greatest peril of all, to which the sole remedy was to live in the love and peace of Christ. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis inspired interpretation penetrates the imaginative world of Nostradamus, a man whose life is as mysterious as his writings. It shows him in a completely new dimension, securing for him a significant place among the major thinkers of the Renaissance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eTranslator�s Preface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. Fragments of History\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Place Beyond Words\u003cbr\u003e 2. A Self-Contradictory Utterance\u003cbr\u003e 3. Treasures Beneath an Oak Tree\u003cbr\u003e 4. A Would-Be Astrophile\u003cbr\u003e 5. Thresholds Dependant on Subjectivity\u003cbr\u003e 6. An Evangelist Cogito\u003cbr\u003e 7. �For the Common Profit of Mankind�\u003cbr\u003e 8. �A Burning Mirror�\u003cbr\u003e 9. Divine Light\u003cbr\u003e 10. From the All to the One\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Word of Creation\u003cbr\u003e 12. An Episteme of Reason\u003cbr\u003e 13. Sacredness and Nothingness\u003cbr\u003e 14. The Energetics of Obscurity\u003cbr\u003e 15. Powers of Evil\u003cbr\u003e 16. Man Against Man\u003cbr\u003e 17. All the Sins of the World\u003cbr\u003e 18. The Horror that Invites Horror\u003cbr\u003e 19. Faith: Trial and Tribulations\u003cbr\u003e 20. From Alpha to Omega\u003cbr\u003e 21. The Philology of Angst\u003cbr\u003e 22. The Panic Paradox\u003cbr\u003e 23. The Eschataology of the Rainbow\u003cbr\u003e 24. The Ontological Turn\u003cbr\u003e 25. Liberty in Christ\u003cbr\u003e By Way of Conclusion: Why Nostradamus?\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Chronology\u003cbr\u003e Sources and Bibliography\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Religion \u0026amp; beliefs [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Religion \u0026amp; beliefs\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Religion%20\u0026amp;%20beliefs%20%5BHR%5D%22\"\u003eHR\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441781895448,"sku":"9781509507702","price":18.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509507702.jpg?v=1785024806","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/nostradamus-a-healer-of-souls-in-the-renaissance-paperback-softback-9781509507702","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}