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Author:
Green, Jonathan, 1970-
Title:
The strange and terrible visions of Wilhelm Friess : the paths of prophecy in Reformation Europe / Jonathan Green.
Publisher:
The University of Michigan Press,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
xi, 207 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Vriese, Willem de--Appreciation.
Prophecy--History.--History.
Predictive astrology--History.
Books--Europe, German-speaking--History--1450-1600.
Apocalyptic literature--History and criticism.
Other Authors:
Vriese, Willem de.
Notes:
Includes Dutch and German versions of Willem de Vriese's prophecies from the years 1558 and 1577 respectively, adaptation of a French version of the Vademecum of Johannes de Rupescissa. Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-202) and index.
Contents:
A strange prognostication -- A seditious prophecy -- From Avignon to Antwerp and from Antwerp to Nuremberg -- From protest to propaganda -- A horrible and shocking prophecy -- "Wilhelm Friess" in Strasbourg -- The last emperor and the beginning of prophecy.
Series:
Cultures of knowledge in the early modern world
ISBN:
0472119214 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780472119219 (hardcover : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)844308456
LCCN:
2013048766
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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