Nostradamus, orMichel de Nostredame, was a physician & astrologer during the time of the Black Death. His most famous book“Les Prophéties,”or“the Prophecies,”was first published in1555. Some scholars believe that, in this volume, he predicted a number of world events, such as the rise ofNapoleon& the death of Hitler, & that it also predicts the coming of theAntichrist& the end of the world.This volume contains annotations and parallel texts. Amodern English translationaccompaniestheoriginal, Mediaeval French—the language in whichNostradamusoriginally wrote his prophecies—, helping the reader to understand both the original language and the translation of this critical work of eschatology.This edition also contains fragments of the questionable 11th & 12th centuries.