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...

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1. VerfasserIn: Schoener, Gustav-Adolf (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Deutsch
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Veröffentlicht: Diagonal-Verlag 2012
In: Zeitschrift für Religionswissenschaft
Jahr: 2002, Band: 10, Heft: 1, Seiten: 71-92
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:2194-508X
Enthält:In: Zeitschrift für Religionswissenschaft
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/0034.71