Nostradamus Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Content of the quatrains === Most of the quatrains deal with disasters, such as plagues, earthquakes, wars, floods, invasions, murders, droughts, and battles—all undated and based on foreshadowings by the ''[[Mirabilis Liber]]''. Some quatrains cover these disasters in overall terms; others concern a single person or small group of people. Some cover a single town, others several towns in several countries.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.secret-vault.com/nostradamus/locations.html |title = Locations identified by Nostradamus Prophecies |website = The Secret Vault – Locations identified by Nostradamus Prophecies |access-date = 11 September 2019 |archive-date = 21 September 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190921013540/https://www.secret-vault.com/nostradamus/locations.html |url-status = live }}</ref> A major, underlying theme is an impending invasion of Europe by Muslim forces from farther east and south headed by the expected [[Antichrist]], directly reflecting the then-current [[Ottoman wars in Europe#Growth (1453–1683)|Ottoman invasions]] and the earlier [[Saracen]] equivalents, as well as the prior expectations of the ''Mirabilis Liber''.{{sfn|Lemesurier|2003|pp=xii–xviii}} All of this is presented in the context of the supposedly imminent end of the world—even though this is not in fact mentioned<ref>Nostradamus, M., ''Les Propheties'', 1568 omnibus edition</ref>—a conviction that sparked numerous collections of [[eschatology|end-time prophecies]] at the time, including an unpublished collection by [[Christopher Columbus]].{{sfn|Watts|1985|pp=73–102}}<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.sacred-texts.com/nos/ |title = Nostradamus |website = Internet Sacred Text Archive |year = 2010 |access-date = 7 April 2017 |archive-date = 1 March 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200301052155/http://www.sacred-texts.com/nos/ |url-status = live }}</ref> Views on Nostradamus have varied widely throughout history.{{sfn|Lemesurier|2003|pp=144–148}} Academic views, such as those of Jacques Halbronn, regard Nostradamus's ''Prophecies'' as antedated forgeries written by later authors for political reasons.{{sfn|Lemesurier|2003|pp=144–148}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page