00:00Follow me now to 1648 and 1658, chronicles of hunger, rebellion and blood under the shadow of prophecies.
00:10In 17th-century Europe, amidst devastated fields, tottering crowns, and villages on the brink of collapse, history marched on.
00:19with uncertain steps.
00:20However, centuries earlier, Nostradamus had left behind enigmatic words that resonated with unsettling precision for many.
00:29His quatrains, shrouded in symbols of ambiguity, foreshadow the events that would mark the destiny of entire kingdoms.
00:391648, 1652, the Fronde and famine in the lands of Aquitaine.
00:44France is burning from within.
00:46Between 1648 and 1652, the kingdom was shaken by a series of rebellions known as the Fronde.
00:54It is not a single war, but a succession of uprisings, from parliament, from the nobles, from the people, all in conflict.
01:02to the central power of the monarchy.
01:04Meanwhile, in the fertile lands of Aquitaine, the war brings with it an even more implacable enemy: famine.
01:11Crops fail, rains are excessive, pests ravage the fields, and wheat is scarce.
01:19Hunger spreads like a silent shadow.
01:22It is then that the words of the prophet resurface.
01:25Quatrain 4.15.
01:27Where will they think they'll bring hunger from?
01:29That's where the satisfaction will come from.
01:31The eye of the sea, through canine greed, will give oil and wheat to one another.
01:35Nostradamus mentions wheat and oil, terms that many interpret as symbolic clues.
01:42Wheat would evoke the foliage, while oil is associated with Luis.
01:46The young King Louis XIV, known as Dieudoné, finds an answer amidst the chaos.
01:52The introduction of maize and new agricultural techniques partially alleviated the shortage,
01:57But the suffering has already left its mark.
02:00The prophecy seems to expand even further in the prediction for 1562,
02:05where a disturbing panorama is described.
02:08There will be abundant rain, little wheat, and abundant oil.
02:12Great storms, hail, caterpillars, the wheat will be found corrupted.
02:17And the pestilence will spread to various places.
02:20The description matches a Europe plagued by extreme natural phenomena and agricultural crises.
02:26And while the fields wither, the men fight each other.
02:30The great count fights both against Spain in the Belgian Gauls, and against his own king in Aquitaine.
02:37France is being torn apart from within, and the people are paying the price.
02:431649-1658.
02:45The rise of Oliver Cromwell.
02:47The Iron Republic.
02:49On the other side of the canal.
02:50England undergoes its own violent transformation following the execution of King Charles I.
02:56The country is entering an unprecedented stage.
02:59The abolition of the monarchy and the emergence of a republic.
03:02In this scenario emerges a decisive figure, Oliver Cromwell.
03:07Born a rural nobleman of little importance.
03:10He rises through the civil war to become the most powerful man in England.
03:15His path to power is marked by brutal military campaigns, especially in Ireland and Scotland, where his troops execute
03:23massacres that will be etched in historical memory.
03:27In 1653, Cromwell proclaimed himself Lord Protector, ruling with absolute authority until his death.
03:35Centuries earlier, Nostradamus had written in his quatrain 876, more butcher than king in England.
03:42From the dark place, by force, the empire will be born.
03:45Cowardly without faith, without law, the earth will bleed.
03:48His time is so near, I sigh.
03:51The term butcher takes on a disturbing meaning here.
03:55He is not a legitimate king, but a man who rules by force.
04:00Nostradamus also interweaves older historical references, such as Penda de Mercia.
04:05A king, a pagan warrior, who dominated England in the 7th century through violence.
04:12The comparison suggests an archetype.
04:14The leader who emerges from the conflict, although he imposes his power, without divine legitimacy or established law.
04:20Cromwell embodies that archetype.
04:23A man, without a crown, but with absolute power.
04:26A ruler who does not inherit the throne, takes it, in these turbulent decades.
04:31France and England are going through crises that are redefining their history.
04:35Internal rebellions, devastating famines, civil wars, and new forms of government.
04:41The truth is that amidst cryptic verses and documented facts, a powerful narrative emerges.
04:47The one of a Europe in transformation.
04:49Where the fate of peoples seems to oscillate between human chaos and the mysterious intuition of a visionary.
04:55These texts are part of the second century of the book Prophetic Chronology of Nostradamas.
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