Dreams, nature, and practices as signs of the future in the Middle Ages /
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| Imprint: | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022] |
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| Description: | 1 online resource ( vi, 314 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color). |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Prognostication in history ; volume 10 Prognostication in history ; v. 10. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13012207 |
| Summary: | 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.<br> <br> This present volume collates essays from specialists in the field of prognostication in the European Middle Ages.<br> <br> 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource ( vi, 314 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004519176 9004519173 9789004515994 |
