Nostradamus: A Healer of Souls in the Renaissance by Denis Crouzet PAPERBACK

Name: Nostradamus: A Healer of Souls in the Renaissance by Denis Crouzet PAPERBACK
Brand: Polity Press

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Nostradamus\n\nA Healer of Souls in the Renaissance\n\nDenis Crouzet (Author), Mark Greengrass (Translated by)\n\n9781509507702, Polity Press\n\nPaperback / softback, published 27 October 2017\n\n392 pages\n22.4 x 15 x 3 cm, 0.59 kg\n\n\""This study by the distinguished historian of Renaissance France, Denis Crouzet, is a milestone in studies of Nostradamus for two reasons: its attention to the sixteenth century context of the prophecies, and its 'anti-interpretation', arguing that the meaning of the texts 'is always left hanging in the air'.\""\nPeter Burke, University of Cambridge\n\n \""In this very subtle and thought-provoking book Denis Crouzet makes sense of Nostradamus precisely by accepting his deliberate obscurity. The extraordinary violence and disquieting imagery of his quatrains can be compared with the paintings of Bosch, portraying a world turned upside down where sin and cruelty presage divine punishment. Crouzet skillfully weaves this into a broader understanding of the ]