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It was discussed as Nostradamus's most famous work, a book of prophecies written in quatrains, initially titled 'The Prophecies of Michel de Nostradamus'. It gained popularity due to the recent invention of the printing press and its alignment with the anxieties of the time.
So, Chuck, Nostradamus is settling down in Ceylon. Ceylon. Selectives. And he is deciding to put his awesome thoughts down into quatrains.
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It was discussed as Nostradamus's most famous work, a book of prophecies written in quatrains, initially titled 'The Prophecies of Michel de Nostradamus'. It gained popularity due to the recent invention of the printing press and its alignment with the anxieties of the time.
So, Chuck, Nostradamus is settling down in Ceylon. Ceylon. Selectives. And he is deciding to put his awesome thoughts down into quatrains.
That's right. Into a book called The Centuries.
But at the time, he just called it The Prophecies.
Yeah, The Prophecies of Michel Nostradamus.
And it became a huge sensation due to a few things. One, simply enough, was that the printing press was a recent invention and books were a big deal now.
