First published in French as Nostradamus. Une médecine des âmes à la Renaissance, © Éditions Payot & Rivages, 2011
This English edition © Polity Press, 2018
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ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-0769-6
ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-0770-2 (pb)
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Crouzet, Denis, 1953- author. | Greengrass, Mark, 1949- translator.
Title: Nostradamus : a healer of souls in the Renaissance / Denis Crouzet.
Other titles: Nostradamus. English
Description: English edition. | Malden, MA : Polity, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Identifiers: LCCN 2017006637 (print) | LCCN 2017035325 (ebook) | ISBN 9781509507726 (Mobi) | ISBN 9781509507733 (Epub) | ISBN 9781509507696 (hardback) | ISBN 9781509507702 (paperback)
Subjects: LCSH: Nostradamus, 1503-1566. | Prophets–France–Biography. | Prophecies (Occultism)–France–History–16th century. | BISAC: RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State.
Classification: LCC BF1815.N8 (ebook) | LCC BF1815.N8 C75713 2017 (print) | DDC 133.3092 [B] –dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017006637
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