TY - BOOK AU - Green,Jonathan AU - Vriese,Willem de TI - The strange and terrible visions of Wilhelm Friess: the paths of prophecy in Reformation Europe T2 - Cultures of knowledge in the early modern world SN - 9780472119219 (hardcover : alk. paper) AV - BR115.P8 G745 2014 U1 - 261.5/1309409031 23 KW - Vriese, Willem de KW - Prophecy KW - Christianity KW - History KW - Predictive astrology KW - Books KW - Europe, German-speaking KW - 1450-1600 KW - Apocalyptic literature KW - History and criticism N1 - Includes Dutch and German versions of Willem de Vriese's prophecies from the years 1558 and 1577 respectively, adaptation of a French version of the Vademecum of Johannes de Rupescissa; Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-202) and index; A strange prognostication -- A seditious prophecy -- From Avignon to Antwerp and from Antwerp to Nuremberg -- From protest to propaganda -- A horrible and shocking prophecy -- "Wilhelm Friess" in Strasbourg -- The last emperor and the beginning of prophecy ER -