Martin Kjellgren
MARTIN KJELLGREN sEKELBOKFÖRLAG his doctoral thesis. Taming the Prophets Astrology, Orthodoxy and the W ord of God in Early Modern Sweden Taming the Prophets Astrology, Orthodoxy and the W ord of God in Early Modern Sweden Martin Kjellgren SEKEL Denna bok publiceras med stöd av Kungl. Gustav Adolfs Akademien för svensk folkkultur Nationella forskarskolan i historia © Sekel Bokförlag och författaren, Lund 2orr Omslag: Johanna Åkerberg Omslagsillustration: Quae sup ra nos, nihil ad nos, emblem från Andrea Alciati, Emblemata, Lyon r 550 Engelsk språkgranskare: Deirdre Moore Korrekturläsare: Anneli Collins, Mikaellsacson Grafisk form: I&J Tryck: lnterPress, Budapest 2orr ISBN 978-91-85767-87-8 Contents Acknowledgements 7 PROLOGUE At the End ofTime II CHAPTER ONE Introduction: Between Nestor and Prometheus 19 CHAPTER TWO Astrology in the Northlands 53 CHAPTER THREE Piloting the Wreck of St. Peter CHAPTER FOUR Monopolizing Prophecy 129 CHAPTER FIVE The Reluctant Dissident CHAPTER SIX Ruling the Last Days 241 CHAPTER SEVEN Taming the Prophets Summary References Index nominum Index rerum Acknowledgements To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kil!, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up ... A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. Ecclesiastes 3:1-3, 8. uring my doctoral studies, thetimeshave been shifting. There have Dbeen times of extreme weariness.
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