Book: Conjunction Predictions in the Early Modern Period by Stephan Heilen (Part 2)

Episode 29 • October 21, 2020 • 01:03:15
Book: Conjunction Predictions in the Early Modern Period by Stephan Heilen (Part 2)
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Book: Conjunction Predictions in the Early Modern Period by Stephan Heilen (Part 2)

Oct 21 2020 | 01:03:15

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Show Notes

This is the second part of our conversation with historian Stephan Heilen. In this episode we address his latest research and publication: Konjunktionsprognostik in der Frühen Neuzeit. 1. Band: Die Antichrist-Prognose des Johannes von Lübeck (1474) zur Saturn-Jupiter-Konjunktion von 1504 und ihre frühneuzeitliche Rezeption (Valentin Koerner, 2020). This book addresses the use of the Jupiter-Saturn conjunctions in prognostication and offers a critical edition with German translation of John of Lübeck’s 1474 prediction of the advent of the Antichrist.

For a list of Stephan Heilen’s publications (German), see: shorturl.at/kGM58

For his new book: http://koernerverlag.de/nichtbibliographische/saectext/saec53.html (English flyer: https://studip.uni-osnabrueck.de/sendfile.php?type=0&file_id=7ee311ee0fb2094f070c2f7440de2f81&file_name=Heilen+2020+Flyer+English.pdf)

View the first part of this conversation at https://youtu.be/3a_1cxbhfCs

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