Prognostication in the Medieval World: A Handbook

Published by De Gruyter 2021

Prognostication in the Medieval World

A Handbook

Edited by: Matthias Heiduk , Klaus Herbers and Hans-Christian Lehner

In the series De Gruyter Reference

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110499773

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About this book

Two opposing views of the future in the Middle Ages dominate recent historical scholarship. According to one opinion, medieval societies were expecting the near end of the world and therefore had no concept of the future. According to the other opinion, the expectation of the near end created a drive to change the world for the better and thus for innovation. Close inspection of the history of prognostication reveals the continuous attempts and multifold methods to recognize and interpret God’s will, the prodigies of nature, and the patterns of time. That proves, on the one hand, the constant human uncertainty facing the contingencies of the future. On the other hand, it demonstrates the firm believe during the Middle Ages in a future which could be shaped and even manipulated. The handbook provides the first overview of current historical research on medieval prognostication. It considers the entangled influences and transmissions between Christian, Jewish, Islamic, and non-monotheistic societies during the period from a wide range of perspectives. An international team of 63 renowned authors from about a dozen different academic disciplines contributed to this comprehensive overview.

Author / Editor information

Matthias Heiduk, Klaus Herbers, Hans-Christian Lehner, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
In gratiam et in memoriam Matthias Heiduk, Klaus Herbers and Hans-Christian Lehner Publicly Available Download PDF	XIII
Volume 1
Introduction Matthias Heiduk, Klaus Herbers and Hans-Christian Lehner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I: Introductory Surveys
Divination in Antiquity David Engels and Alex Nice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
Early Medieval Perspectives on Pre-Christian Traditions in the Celtic World Elizabeth Boyle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
Pagan Traditions of Prognostication in the Germanic Languages John McKinnell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
Prognostication in Pagan Beliefs among Slavs in the Middle Ages Leszek P. Słupecki Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
Prognostication in the Medieval Western Christian World Matthias Heiduk Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
Prognostication in the Medieval Eastern Christian World Michael Grünbart Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
Prognostication in Medieval Jewish Culture Avriel Bar-Levav Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
Medieval Traditions of Prognostication in the Islamic World Petra G. Schmidl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
Prognostication in Early Modern Times – Outlook Ulrike Ludwig Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
Part II: Traditions and Practices of Prognostication in the Middle Ages
Eschatology and Millenarism
Traditions and Expectations in the Medieval Western Christian World Hannes Möhring Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269
Traditions and Expectations in the Medieval Eastern Christian World Wolfram Brandes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	284
Jewish Traditions and Expectations in the Medieval World Natalie E. Latteri Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	300
Traditions and Expectations in the Medieval Islamic World Delia Cortese Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	314
Prophecy and Visions
Traditions and Practices in the Medieval Western Christian World Anke Holdenried Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	329
Jewish Traditions and Practices in the Medieval World Michael T. Miller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	342
Traditions and Practices in the Medieval Islamic World Delia Cortese Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	356
Dream Interpretation
Traditions and Practices in the Medieval Western Christian World Albert Schirrmeister Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	371
Traditions and Practices in the Medieval Eastern Christian World Steven M. Oberhelman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	386
Jewish Traditions and Practices in the Medieval World Annelies Kuyt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	400
Traditions and Practices in the Medieval Islamic World Delia Cortese Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	413
Mantic Arts
Traditions and Practices in the Medieval Western Christian World Stefano Rapisarda Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	429
Traditions and Practices in the Medieval Eastern Christian World Michael Grünbart Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	446
Jewish Traditions and Practices in the Medieval World Shraga Bar-On Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	453
Traditions and Practices in the Medieval Islamic World Anne Regourd Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	468
Astral Sciences
Traditions and Practices in the Medieval Western Christian World Charles Burnett Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	485
Traditions and Practices in the Medieval Eastern Christian World Anne-Laurence Caudano Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	502
Jewish Traditions and Practices in the Medieval World Josefina Rodríguez-Arribas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	516
Traditions and Practices in the Medieval Islamic World Petra G. Schmidl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	532
Medical Prognostication
Traditions and Practices in the Medieval Western Christian World Luke Demaitre Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	551
Traditions and Practices in the Medieval Eastern Christian World Glen M. Cooper Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	567
Jewish Traditions and Practices in the Medieval World Dov Schwartz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	585
Traditions and Practices in the Medieval Islamic World Glen M. Cooper Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	588
Calendrical Calculations
Traditions and Practices in the Medieval Western Christian World Philipp Nothaft Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	605
Traditions and Practices in the Medieval Eastern Christian World Jean Lempire Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	619
Jewish Traditions and Practices in the Medieval World Ortal-Paz Saar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	633
Traditions and Practices in the Medieval Islamic World Daniel M. Varisco Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	636
Weather Forecasting
Traditions and Practices in the Medieval Western Christian World Barbora Kocánová Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	651
Traditions and Practices in the Medieval Eastern Christian World Ioannis G. Telelis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	665
Jewish Traditions and Practices in the Medieval World Dov Schwartz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	686
Traditions and Practices in the Medieval Islamic World Charles Burnett Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	689
Quantifying Risks
Traditions and Practices in Medieval Western Christian World James Franklin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	697
Volume 2
Part III: Repertoire of Written Sources and Artefacts
Calendars, Astronomical Tables, and Easter Tables in the Eastern Christian World Jean Lempire Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	713
Calendars, Astronomical Tables, and Easter Tables in the Western Christian World Philipp Nothaft Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	718
Culture of Prognosis in the Medieval Western Christian Tradition of the Mirror-of-Princes Bee Yun Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	723
Debating Astrology in the Renaissance: Pierre d’Ailly (1351–1420), Marsilio Ficino (1433–1499), Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463–1494) Daniel Canaris Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	730
Didactic Poems on Prognostication in the Islamic Middle Ages Montse Díaz-Fajardo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	742
Divination and Prognostication in the Cairo Genizah Ortal-Paz Saar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	746
Doubts and Criticism on Astrology in Western Traditions from Antique to Early Modern Literature Stefano Rapisarda Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	752
Dream Books and Treatises on Dream Interpretation in the Medieval Western Christian World Maria Jennifer Falcone Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	760
The End is Near: Medieval Mappae mundi and the Apocalypse Alessandro Scafi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	768
Games and Prognostication: The Examples of Libro de los Juegos and De vetula Matthias Heiduk Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	777
Gematria and Prognostication Moshe Idel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	785
Geomancy in the Islamic World Matthew Melvin-Koushki Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	788
Geomantic Artefacts in the Medieval Islamic World Glen M. Cooper and Petra G. Schmidl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	794
Hagiography in the Medieval Eastern Christian World Wolfram Brandes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	798
Hagiography in the Medieval Western Christian World Klaus Herbers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	804
The Importance of Thunder: Brontologia in the Medieval Eastern Christian World Michael Grünbart Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	811
Introductions to Astrology Margaret Gaida Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	814
Journeys to the Other World: Medieval Jewish Traditions Michael T. Miller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	818
Journeys to the Other World: Medieval Latin Traditions Andreas Bihrer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	821
Karaite Objections to Prognostication Daniel J. Lasker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	828
Late Medieval German Texts on Superstition Marco Heiles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	831
Legal Sources in the Medieval Eastern Christian World Wolfram Brandes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	841
Lekanomanteia in the Medieval Eastern Christian World Michael Grünbart Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	846
Libro de las Suertes: an Example of Inter-Cultural Exchanges in Late-Medieval Iberia Helena Avelar de Carvalho Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	849
Mantic Alphabets in the Medieval Western Christian World László Sándor Chardonnens Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	852
Mantic Practices in the Collectio Hispana Cornelia Scherer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	857
Mathematical Instruments in Astrology Josefina Rodríguez-Arribas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	861
Medical Plates in Astrological Medicine Josefina Rodríguez-Arribas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	874
Medieval Latin Liturgical Commentaries Miriam Czock Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	884
Novels and Poems in the Medieval Western Christian World Stefano Rapisarda Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	888
Ornithomancy in Medieval Jewish Literature Avishai Bar-Asher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	895
Papal Prophecies in the Middle Ages Alberto Spataro Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	899
Physiognomy among Medieval Jews Irmi Dubrau Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	908
Physiognomy and Chiromancy: From Prediction and Diagnosis to Healing and Human Correction (Zohar 2, 70a–78a; Tiqqunei Zohar, Tiqqun 70) Ron Margolin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	915
Prognostics in Medieval Byzantine Fictional Literature Carolina Cupane Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	925
Prognostication in Latin Commentaries on the Book of Revelation Hans-Christian Lehner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	932
Prognostication in Latin Historiography (ca. 400–1300 CE) Hans-Christian Lehner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	937
Prognostication in Medieval Jewish Law and Legal Thought Ephraim Kanarfogel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	944
Prognostication in Learned Magic of the Medieval Western Christian World Bernd-Christian Otto and Matthias Heiduk Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	948
Prophecy and Prognostication in Visual Art of the Medieval Western Christian World Daniela Wagner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	960
The Pseudo-Aristotelian Sirr al-asrār/ Secretum secretorum Regula Forster Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	965
The Shoulder-Bone as a Mantic Object Stefano Rapisarda Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	971
Sortes Marco Heiles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	978
Three Images of Celestial Phenomena in Sixteenth-Century German Illustrated Broadsheets Daniela Wagner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	984
Tractates on the Division of the Sciences in the Medieval Western Christian World Alexander Fidora Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	991
Treatises for Predicting hora mortis in the Medieval Eastern Christian World Michael Grünbart Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	996
Zījes Margaret Gaida Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	999
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1003

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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: researchers in medival studies, religious studies, cultural studies and history.
Pages
- Front matter: 12
- Main content: 1027
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 18
- Coloured Illustrations: 38
Keywords: Prognostication; Middle Ages; transculturality

eBook

Published: November 9, 2020
ISBN: 9783110499773

Hardcover

Published: November 9, 2020
ISBN: 9783110501209