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Essay on Understanding the Predictions of Nostradamus As Pertaining to Women | ||
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This is the first 1,000 characters of 1058 words (4.23 pages) in the essay titled Understanding the Predictions of Nostradamus As Pertaining to Women Understanding the Predictions of NostradamusPhysician and prophet Michel de Nostradame lived in the first part of the sixteenth century. To understand these prophecies one must first understand the position of women in the sixteenth century. During the sixteenth century there was very little a woman could do. Men dominated most aspects of women’s social, political, and religious lives. Women were treated as if they were inferior to men. They were treated like possessions. In religion the Catholic Church was the dominant force in the Renaissance. The Church was, of course, run by the Pope, a man. Women were burned as witches “for ‘crimes’ that could be as minor as a local act of feminine healing, or even the choice made by a single woman to live alone (9).” The Reformation brought no relief for women. In fact the Protestant Reformation may have actually harmed women. Catholic leaders took it upon themselves to start Inquisitions in France, Italy, and most notably, Spain. Any kind of deviant behavior could be defined as a crime during this time. Women were considered “flawed” to begin with—They not only used their sexuality to entice men from the path of God but they also were the daughters of Eve, the originator of sin. Also many passages in the Bible were mistranslated to be anti-women. Some believe that this “mistranslation” was a deliberate attempt by the Catholic Church to keep the society male dominated. Michel de Nostradame was born in 1503 in St. Remy, P... |
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Keywords: protestant reformation, catholic church, sixteenth century, nostradamus, michel de nostradame, st remy provence, alchemy, inquisitions, provence france, deviant behavior, astrology, catholic leaders, prophet michel, time women, deliberate attempt, pagan studies, daughters of eve, christian converts, dominant force, religious lives