Weissagungen und Reformation in der Flugschriftenpublizistik
This article underlines the importance of pamphlets as a mass medium for the religio-political developments in early modernity. Of particular significance is the connection of astrological-apocalyptic and reformatory pamphlets. The rising numbers of pamphlets produced affects writings of an astrolog...
| Published in: | Zeitschrift für Religionswissenschaft |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | German |
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Diagonal-Verlag
2012
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Zeitschrift für Religionswissenschaft
Year: 2002, Volume: 10, Issue: 1, Pages: 71-92 |
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| Summary: | This article underlines the importance of pamphlets as a mass medium for the religio-political developments in early modernity. Of particular significance is the connection of astrological-apocalyptic and reformatory pamphlets. The rising numbers of pamphlets produced affects writings of an astrological, reformatory, and political nature. The prediction of a Biblical-scale Flood for the year 1524 induces apocalyptic expectations, which receive additional impetus through the prediction of a >minor prophet<. A connection is thereby forged between astrology/mantic/prophecy and the events surrounding Martin Luther that take place between 1517 and 1525. The end-times mood supported and popularized through the mass media helps, finally, the Reformation to a swift expansion and acceptance. |
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| ISSN: | 2194-508X |
| Contains: | In: Zeitschrift für Religionswissenschaft
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/0034.71 |