Dreams, Nature, and Practices as Signs of the Future in the Middle Ages (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004515994)

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 Kr?pel, Bernardo Bertholin Kerr, Gaelle Bosseman, Julia Eva Wannenmacher (+), Matthias Kaup, Vincent Gossaert, J?gen Gebhardt, Matthias Gebauer, Richard Landes.

Author: Klaus Herbers
ISBN-10: 9004515992
ISBN-13: 9789004515994
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 06/17/2022
Pages: 324
Format: Hardcover