Search for dissertations about: "Martin Kjellgren"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words Martin Kjellgren.

2. 1. Taming the Prophets : Astrology, Orthodoxy and the Word of God in Early Modern Sweden

   Author : Martin Kjellgren; Historia; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Apocalypticism; Astrology; Confessionalization; Heterodoxy; Knowledge; Lutheranism; Magic; Orthodoxy; Politics; Power; Prophecy; Reformation; Religion; Science; Social Discipline; Apocalypticism;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to analyse a displacement of the limits between allowable and illicit knowledge in the orthodox, Lutheran discourse of early modern Sweden. Focusing on the debate over astrology, exemplified in the works of Laurentius Paulinus Gothus (1565-1646) and Sigfridus Aronus Forsius (d. READ MORE