Nostradamus
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Nostradamus Life Summary
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|The renowned prophet Nostradamus (Michel de Nostradame) was born on December 14, 1503 in St. Remy, Provence, France. Nostradamus |
|came from a long line ofJewish doctors and scholars. His family had converted from Judaism to Christianity in 1502, as a result of |
|persecution on the ascension of Louis the XII. After a classical education he studiedmedicine, herbalism and astrology. During |
|Nostradamus' lifetime the Black Death (today known as the bubonic plague) wiped out over a quarter of Europe. It is no wonder that a|
|sense of apocalypticterror fills Nostradamus' quatrains. |
|Nostradamus can indisputably be said to have been ahead of his time, at least interms of medical practice. His treatment of the |
|Black Death involved removal of the infected corpses, fresh air and unpolluted water for the healthy, a herbal preparation rich in |
|Vitamin C,and (in contravention of contemporary medical practise) not bleeding his patients. Nostradamus was successful in |
|lessening the impact of the Black Death in the capital of Provence, Aix. Thegrateful citizens gave him a stipend for life. |
|Nostradamus began to write his prophetic verses in the city of Salon, in 1554. They are divided into ten sections called Centuries ||(which refers to the number of verses in each section, not to a unit of 100 years). The Centuries were published in 1555 and 1558, |
|and have been in print continuously ever since.|
|Nostradamus had the visions which he later recorded in verse while staring into water or flame late at night, sometimes aided by ||herbal stimulants, while sitting on a brass tripod. The resulting quatrains (four line verses) are oblique and elliptical, and use |
|puns, anagrams and allegorical imagery. Most of the...
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|The renowned prophet Nostradamus (Michel de Nostradame) was born on December 14, 1503 in St. Remy, Provence, France. Nostradamus |
|came from a long line ofJewish doctors and scholars. His family had converted from Judaism to Christianity in 1502, as a result of |
|persecution on the ascension of Louis the XII. After a classical education he studiedmedicine, herbalism and astrology. During |
|Nostradamus' lifetime the Black Death (today known as the bubonic plague) wiped out over a quarter of Europe. It is no wonder that a|
|sense of apocalypticterror fills Nostradamus' quatrains. |
|Nostradamus can indisputably be said to have been ahead of his time, at least interms of medical practice. His treatment of the |
|Black Death involved removal of the infected corpses, fresh air and unpolluted water for the healthy, a herbal preparation rich in |
|Vitamin C,and (in contravention of contemporary medical practise) not bleeding his patients. Nostradamus was successful in |
|lessening the impact of the Black Death in the capital of Provence, Aix. Thegrateful citizens gave him a stipend for life. |
|Nostradamus began to write his prophetic verses in the city of Salon, in 1554. They are divided into ten sections called Centuries ||(which refers to the number of verses in each section, not to a unit of 100 years). The Centuries were published in 1555 and 1558, |
|and have been in print continuously ever since.|
|Nostradamus had the visions which he later recorded in verse while staring into water or flame late at night, sometimes aided by ||herbal stimulants, while sitting on a brass tripod. The resulting quatrains (four line verses) are oblique and elliptical, and use |
|puns, anagrams and allegorical imagery. Most of the...
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