In the midst of the religious ferment, foreign invasions, and
internal political strife that beset Italy before the full effects
of the Counter-Reformation, the powerful and humble alike turned to
popular prophecy for guidance and solace. Ottavia Niccoli examines
here the forms of these prophecies--including interpretations of
natural disasters, abnormal births, floods, and planetary
conjunctions--and gives examples of how they were transmitted from
the lower classes to the elite through street singers, apocalyptic
preachers, astrologers, and printers. By tracing the ongoing
revision of the prophecies, Niccoli reveals them as an indication
of how various levels of society viewed events of the time, as a
form of propaganda for such causes as anti-Lutheranism, and as a
reflection of the interaction between "high" and "low" culture.
Based on popular leaflets, diaries, civic chronicles, and
iconographic sources, this book explores the expression of a
culture in which nature, religion, and politics formed a unified
system with a uniform code of interpretation. It connects the
decline of prophecy in Italy with the end of the Italian wars and
the beginning of the Counter-Reformation, when popular preaching
was banned and charismatic religion discouraged.
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