The Nostradamus Encyclopedia

Peter Lemesurier

Uitg. St Martin's Press, hardcover, illustrated

PREFACE 6

PART ONE
LIFE AND CAREER
Nostradamus in Context 8
Table of Events 1500-70 12
Family Tree 24
Nostradamus's Lifestory 26
Portrait of the Prophet 43
Nostradamus's Last Will and Testament 44
Nostradamus the Physician 46
Astrologer and Mage 54
Sequence of Selected Horographs 68

PART TWO
NOSTRADAMUS AS AUTHOR
Nostradamus's Writings 86
Nostradamus's Language 98
Nostradamus the Joker 103
Nostradamus the Poet 108
Historian and Mythologist 112
Nostradamus, the Bible, and the Church 114
The Nostradamils Omens 116
Criticisms and Reviews 119
Book Printing and Publishing 122
Early Editions 124
Surviving Copies of Early Editions 126
Books, Films, Videos, Disks, and Internet 128

PART THREE
PROPHECIES
Dating and Sequencing the Prophecies 132
Interpreting the Prophecies 138
Nostradamus and the French Revolution 143
Nostradamus, Napoleon, and "Hister" 146
Nostradamus and the Muslim Invasion of Europe 148
From Submarines to Extraterrestrials 151
Nostradamus and the End of the World 152
Forgeries and Fairy Tales 153

PART FOUR
MILIEU
Nostradamus's Hometown 158
Gazetteer and Who's Who 162

PART FIVE
TEXTS
The Major Prophecies 182
Concordance to the Propheties 257
Nostradamus Dictionary 274
INDEX TO INTERPRETATIONS 283
SUBJECT INDEX 285
CREDITS 288