Nostradamus by Denis Crouzet
A contextual study of a 16th-century physician-astrologer that situates his enigmatic quatrains within the upheavals of Renaissance France—plague, famine, religious war, and apocalyptic fear. It reconstructs his intellectual milieu of humanism, medicine, and astrology, showing how oblique prophetic language offered psychological consolation and moral guidance amid chaos, rather than literal forecasts. It also traces the long afterlife of the verses, explaining their persistent allure and endless reinterpretation.
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- 2011
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- French
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- French
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