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Author:
Green, Jonathan.
Title:
Printing and prophecy : prognostication and media change, 1450-1550 / Jonathan Green.
Publisher:
University of Michigan Press,
Copyright Date:
c2012
Description:
ix, 265 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Prophecy--History.--History.
Predictive astrology--Europe, German-speaking--History.
Books--Europe, German-speaking--History--1450-1600.
Geschichte 1450-1550.
Buchdruck.
Medienwandel.
Prognostik.
Bibliographie.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-258) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : printing and prophecy -- The Sibyl's book -- Prophets in print -- Prophets and their readers -- Visions of visions : functions of the image in printed prophecy -- Practica teütsch -- Fear, floods, and the paradox of the Practica teütsch -- Conclusion : the prophetic reader -- Appendix : prophecy and prognostication in print, 1450-1550.
Series:
Cultures of knowledge in the early modern world
ISBN:
0472027581 (e-book)
9780472027583 (e-book)
0472117831 (alk. paper)
9780472117833 (alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)713834643
LCCN:
2011014827
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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