Index
1588, as year of prognostications, 64, 156, 180 n. 14
Anabaptists and Anabaptism, 12, 21, 72, 96–97, 98, 111, 114. See also Franck, Sebastian; Hoffman, Melchior; Jost, Ursula; Schwenckfeld, Caspar
Ancxt, Maria, widow of Jacob van Liesvelt, 13–16, 23
Angelic Pope, 2, 33, 53, 63, 114, 120
Antichrist, 2, 3, 8, 20, 40, 61; in religious polemic, 50, 63, 106, 115
Antwerp, 10, 11–16, 21, 23–28, 35–36, 41–43, 50, 58, 61–62, 64, 66, 70, 72–76, 94, 100, 105–6, 112–15, 124, 129; Calvinist revolt in, 74–76
Apiarius, Samuel, printer of Basel, 76, 80–84, 86–88, 92, 100, 102, 114–16
apocalyptic narrative and end-time drama, 2, 29, 36, 40–41, 61, 63, 114. See also Angelic Pope; Antichrist; false emperor, tyrannical; false prophets; Gog and Magog; Jews, conversion of, in end-time narrative; Last Emperor; preachers, two righteous
astrology, 3, 4, 89, 107, 112. See also Carion, Johann; comets; eclipses; Leowitz, Cyprian; Pflaum, Jakob; prognostications, astrological, and annual practicas; prophecies, interaction with astrological prognostications; Stöffler, Johannes
Augsburg, Peace of, 4, 8, 18, 21, 63, 114. See also Schmalkaldic War
authorial name, confusion and transfer of, 9, 22, 26, 40, 65, 66, 117, 129–30
Aytinger, Wolfgang, 51
Balhorn, Johann, printer of Lübeck, 66–70, 87
Basel, 9, 76, 80–81, 86–87, 94, 100, 103–6, 112–15, 125, 129
Beck, Balthasar: printer of Strasbourg, 96
Birch tree prophecy, 120
Birgitta of Sweden: Onus mundi, 20, 51
broadside: as medium, 5
Bucer, Martin, 98
Caesareus, Nikolaus, 58–59, 65, 122, 129
Calvinism and Reformed Protestantism, 9, 12, 21, 72–76, 85–87, 94, 98–106, 112, 114–15, 119
cardinal directions, as visionary structure, 65, 77–79, 81, 97–98
Catholicism, 14–15, 51, 56, 61, 64, 73, 74–75, 84, 86–87, 99–102, 106, 112, 114, 180 n. 18
Cedar of Lebanon prophecy, 125
censorship and imperial printing edicts, 11, 12–14, 21–22, 24–25, 36, 42, 61, 124. See also hidden transcripts
Charles IX, king of France, 101, 104
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 4, 12, 18–19, 49, 58, 61–63, 73, 103
clerical poverty, 17, 19–20, 29–30, 51, 55, 116
confessionalization and Lutheran-Reformed conflict, 4, 49, 72–76, 86, 87, 98–106, 112, 114–15, 124, 126
Copp, Johann, 17
Coppijn, Nicolaus, 16
Dasypodius, Konrad, 108
Dutch Revolt, 10, 14, 16, 51, 72–76, 105, 113–14, 116
eclipses, 18, 65, 89, 90, 91, 107, 108, 181 n. 23
Egenolff, Christian, printer of Frankfurt, 46, 48, 69, 134, 149–50, 176 n. 22
Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy and governor of the Netherlands, 12, 24
Extract of Various Prophecies (of Johannes Lichtenberger and Joseph Grünpeck), 7, 47, 48–49, 123, 149–50
Faber, Wenzel, 6
false emperor: tyrannical, 31, 32, 40–41, 42, 61, 120
false prophets, 2, 32, 40, 51, 53
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, 21, 63
Ferrer, Vincent: pseudo, On the End of the World, 20, 41, 51, 123
Flacius, Mathias: called Illyricus, 50–52, 61, 70, 75–76, 95, 105–6
flood: predictions and panic of 1524, 17, 117, 123
Fraet, Frans, 10, 23–28, 35, 36, 41–43, 45, 51, 56, 58, 61, 64, 65, 70–71, 115, 127–28, 130
France, king of France, 2, 18, 31, 39, 62, 70, 76, 80, 83, 97, 104, 117, 120–21, 153. See also Charles IX, king of France; Francis I, king of France; Henry III, king of France; Huguenots and French Protestantism; Louis XIV, king of France
Francis I, king of France, 62
Franck, Sebastian, 106
Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, 62
Friedrich III, Count Palatinate of the Rhine, 97
first prophecy of, 8, 10, 22, 25–76, 94, 115–18, 120–21
first and second prophecies compared, 76–77, 80, 83, 85, 87, 100, 110, 113–18, 122–26, 130
pseudonymous author or historical person, 9, 11, 22, 27–28, 129
second prophecy of, 8, 76–112, 116–20, 122
Willem de Vriese: prognostications of, 17–23, 41, 65–66, 122–23, 128
Füger, Caspar, 8
Gamaleon prophecy, 2, 95–96, 109
Gnesio-Lutherans, 49–52, 56, 61, 72, 105, 124, 127. See also Flacius, Matthias
Grebner, Paul, 88, 103, 117, 181 n. 23
Greulich, Joachim, 119–20, 122
Grünpeck, Joseph, 7, 8, 48, 51, 69, 123, 125, 127, 134, 149–50
Habsburg dynasty and political rule, 11–12, 17, 21–22, 62, 70, 74, 102, 124. See also Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor; Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy and governor of the Netherlands; Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor; Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor; Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Parma and governor of the Netherlands; Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor; Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor; Phillip II, king of Spain; sedition, anti-Habsburg
Haecht, Godevaert van, 72–75, 100
Henry III, king of France, 101–4, 106, 111–12, 125, 181 n. 23
hidden transcripts, 10, 13–22, 26, 28, 41–43, 62, 101, 113, 123–24
Hildegard of Bingen, 20, 50–51
Holy Roman Emperor, Holy Roman Empire, 2, 4, 10, 18, 21, 51, 62–63, 73, 115. See also Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor; Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor; Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor; Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor; Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor; Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor
Huguenots and French Protestantism, 98–99, 101, 106. See also St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
Immerseel, Jan van, Margrave of Antwerp, 23–24, 26
Interim: following Schmalkaldic War, 49–50, 61, 63, 97
Islam, 33, 49. See also Turks, Ottoman
Jews: conversion of, in end-time narrative, 40, 49
Jobin, Bernhard, printer of Strasbourg, 104, 107, 108, 110, 111, 112
Jordan, Gregor, 8
Kose, Johann, 118
Kreydlein, Georg, printer of Nuremberg, 46, 58–62, 64, 80, 87, 115–16
Lactantius, Lucius Caecilius Firmianus, 8, 51
Lannoy, Filips van, 74
Last Emperor, 2, 4, 33, 40, 42, 53, 61–63, 64, 116–17, 120
Lichtenberger, Johannes: Prognosticatio, 7, 47, 48–79, 84, 88, 103, 109, 117, 121, 123, 125, 151
Liesvelt, Hans van, 13–14, 16, 17, 23, 25–26, 65, 128
Liesvelt, Jacob van, 11–13, 67. See also Ancxt, Maria; Hans van Liesvelt
Lion of the North prophecy, 121
Louis XIV, king of France, 120–21
Lufft, Hans, printer of Wittenberg, 47
Luther, Martin, 3, 7, 13, 17, 50, 61, 73, 84, 97–98, 121, 126
Lutheranism, 10, 49, 86, 114; in the Netherlands, 12, 13, 50, 70, 72–76, 100, 105. See also Formula of Concord; Gnesio-Lutherans
Maastricht, 11, 62, 65, 66, 76–77, 114–15, 129
Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Parma and governor of the Netherlands, 12, 25
Marnix, Jan van, 74
Marnix, Philips van, 74, 106, 171 n. 23.
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, 48
Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, 21
Melisch, Stephan, 119
Methodius: pseudo, 51
Nagel, Paul, 65
Netherlands: Low Countries, 9, 11–28, 72–76, 104, 115, 117, 118, 119, 125. See also Antwerp; Dutch Revolt; Reformation, Protestant, in the Netherlands; Lutheranism, in the Netherlands
Neuheuser, Wilhelm Eon, 117–18
Nuremberg, 9–10, 36, 45, 53, 58–64, 113, 115, 124
pamphlet as medium, 5–6, 59, 76, 101, 109, 114, 124, 126
Paracelsus, Theophrastus, 7, 47, 49, 121, 125
Philip II, king of Spain, 12, 23, 26
Poland, 21, 59, 76, 101–4, 111–12, 119, 125
preachers, two righteous, 32–33, 40
print medium, printing, printing press, print technology, invention of print, 4–7, 12, 14, 36, 57–58, 130
prognostications, astrological, and annual practicas, 6, 9, 16–22, 89, 91, 92, 101, 107, 116. See also astrology; Caesareus, Nikolaus; Copp, Johann; Faber, Wenzel; Misocacus, Wilhelm; Schönfeld, Victorin; Simitz, Theodore; Virdung, Johannes; Weise, Nikolaus; Winckler, Georg
prophecies, 34, 36, 72, 103, 109; as genre, 36, 52, 57–58, 63, 70–71, 94–95, 117, 120–30; interaction with astrological prognostications, 2, 3, 19–21, 64, 65–66, 81, 89–92, 94, 123–24, 129, 176 n. 13, 181 n. 23; in political propaganda, 62, 103, 111, 113, 114; in religious polemic, 50–52, 56. See also Alofresant prophecy; Aytinger, Wolfgang; apocalyptic narrative and end-time drama; birch tree prophecy; Birgitta of Sweden, Onus mundi; Cedar of Lebanon prophecy;Extract of Various Prophecies (of Johannes Lichtenberger and Joseph Grünpeck); Ferrer, Vincent, pseudo, On the End of the World; Friess, Wilhelm; Gamaleon prophecy; Grebner, Paul; Greulich, Joachim; Grünpeck, Joseph; Hildegard of Bingen; Hilten, Johann; Jansz, Intje; Joachim of Fiore; Jordan, Gregor; Jost, Ursula; Kose, Johann; Lactantius, Lucius Caecilius Firmianus; Lichtenberger, Johannes, Prognosticatio; Lion of the North prophecy; Methodius, pseudo; Nagel, Paul; Neuheuser, Wilhelm Eon; Paracelsus, Theophrastus; Pflaum, Jakob; Prophecy for 1570–80; Pürstinger, Berthold, Onus ecclesiae; Reichard, George; Rupescissa, Johannes de, Vademecum; Savonarola, Hieronymus; Severus, Paul; Sibyl’s Prophecy; Telesphorus of Cosenza; Toledo Letter prophecy;Vaticinia de summis pontificisbus; Zengg, Dietrich von, prophecy
Prophecy for 1570–80, 177–78 n. 9
pseudonymity, 23–25, 28, 56, 97, 107, 109, 111–12, 117, 120, 127, 130
Pürstinger, Berthold, Onus ecclesiae, 7
Reformation, Protestant, 6, 9, 11, 18, 61, 98; in the Netherlands, 12, 14, 23, 51, 70, 73, 85; persecution of, 17, 21, 24, 76, 100–1, 106, 124. See also Calvinism and Reformed Protestantism; Huguenots and French Protestantism; Gnesio-Lutherans; Lutheranism
Reichard, George 180–81 n. 19
Rupescissa, Johannes de, Vademecum 10, 36–46, 49, 51–52, 55, 67, 73, 123, 126. See also Friess, Wilhelm, first prophecy of
Sachs, Hans, 50
sacraments and sacramental theology, 73, 78–79, 97, 99–101, 106, 110, 111–12, 124
Savonarola, Hieronymus, 15, 51, 109
Schmalkaldic War, 18, 47, 61, 63. See also Augsburg, Peace of; Interim, following Schmalkaldic War
Schönfeld, Victorin, 92
Schwenckfeld, Caspar, 111
sedition and popular insurrection, 30, 52–53, 59, 61, 66, 91; anti-Habsburg, 10, 18, 21, 25–26, 28, 42–43, 51, 73–76, 121, 126–27, 130. See also Dutch Revolt; Peasants’ War
Sibyl’s Prophecy, 109
Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, 84
Simitz, Theodore, 65
Solikowski, Jan Dymitr, 103
St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre, 101–2, 104, 111
Steinbach, Martin, 97
Stimmer, Tobias, 105, 107, 108
Stöffler, Johannes, 123
Strasbourg, 10, 51, 65, 94–113, 115, 120, 124–25, 129
Switzerland, 9, 103, 106. See also Basel
textual history, 36, 43–49, 52–59, 66–71, 76, 83–89, 122–27
Toledo Letter prophecy, 117
Turks, Ottoman, 3, 8, 31, 40, 49, 62–63, 65, 81, 97–98, 102, 111, 119, 120–21, 184 n. 26
Vaticinia de summis pontificisbus, 50–51
Vriese, Willem de. See Friess, Wilhelm
Weise, Nikolaus, 64
Whore of Babylon, 67, 100, 106
William of Orange, 74
Winckler, Georg, 91
Wolf, Johannes, 55, 95, 116, 127
Zengg, Dietrich von, prophecy, 51, 83–84, 97, 109, 123, 151, 176 n. 13
Zwingli, Huldrych, 99