Dreams, Nature, and Practices as Signs of the Future in the Middle Ages

Download or read book Dreams, Nature, and Practices as Signs of the Future in the Middle Ages written by Klaus Herbers and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-06-13 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. This present volume collates essays from specialists in the field of prognostication in the European Middle Ages. 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.