Reading the Early Modern Dream

<p>Dreams have been significant in many different cultures carrying messages about this world and others posing problems about knowledge truth and what it means to be human. This thought-provoking collection of essays explores dreams and visions in early modern Europe canvassing the place of the dream and dream-theory in texts and in social movements. In topics ranging from the dreams of animals to the visions of Elizabeth I and from prophetic dreams to ghosts in political writing this book asks what meanings early modern people found in dreams.</p>