Sermons in the Sky: Apparitions in Early Modern Europe

Alexandra Walsham looks for the meaning of unusual phenomena widely reported across early modern Europe.

Celestial phenomenon over Nuremberg, 14 April 1561. Zentralbibliothek Zürich, Graphische Sammlung/Wiki Commons.
Celestial phenomenon over Nuremberg, 14 April 1561. Zentralbibliothek Zürich, Graphische Sammlung/Wiki Commons.

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