Prognostication in the Medieval World
A Handbook
- 1,039 pages
- English
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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.
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Person Index
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- ʻAbd al-Jalīl al-Sijzī, astrologer 1, 2
- ʻAbdallāh al-Baghdādī 1
- ʻAbd al-Malik ibn Ḥabīb 1
- ʻAlī, Caliph 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29
- ʻAlī ibn Abi al-Rijāl (Haly Abenragel) 1, 2, 3
- ʻAlī ibn Dāwūd al-Yahūdī 1
- ʻAlī ibn Riḍwān (Haly Abenrudian) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
- ʻAllāma Ṭabāṭabāʾī 1
- ʻAllāmī, Abū l-Fażl, architect 1
- ʻArīb ibn Saʻad 1
- ʻUmar, Caliph 1, 2, 3
- ʻUmar II, Caliph 1, 2, 3
- ʻUthman, Caliph 1
- ‘Abd al-Jabbār, author 1
- ‘Abd Allāh 1, 2
- ‘Abd al-Raḥīm Aḥmad 1
- ‘Abd al-Raḥmān al-Bisṭāmī 1
- ‘Abd al-Raḥmān III, Emir of Cordoba 1, 2
- ‘Alī al-Rayḥānī 1
- ‘Alī Riḍā, Imam 1
- ‘Ashiya Khā...
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- In gratiam et in memoriam
- Part I: Introductory Surveys
- Part II: Traditions and Practices of Prognostication in the Middle Ages Eschatology and Millenarism
- Part II: Traditions and Practices of Prognostication in the Middle Ages Prophecy and Visions
- Part II: Traditions and Practices of Prognostication in the Middle Ages Dream Interpretation
- Part II: Traditions and Practices of Prognostication in the Middle Ages Mantic Arts
- Part II: Traditions and Practices of Prognostication in the Middle Ages Astral Sciences
- Part II: Traditions and Practices of Prognostication in the Middle Ages Medical Prognostication
- Part II: Traditions and Practices of Prognostication in the Middle Ages Calendrical Calculations
- Part II: Traditions and Practices of Prognostication in the Middle Ages Weather Forecasting
- Part II: Traditions and Practices of Prognostication in the Middle Ages Quantifying Risks
- Part III: Repertoire of Written Sources and Artefacts
- Person Index