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An Astrological Diary of the Seventeenth Century - Samuel Jeake of Rye, 1652-1699 (Hardcover)
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An Astrological Diary of the Seventeenth Century - Samuel Jeake of Rye, 1652-1699 (Hardcover)
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Samuel Jeake (1652-1699) was a merchant and nonconformist of Rye in
Sussex with a passionate interest in astrology. His diary is here
published for the first time; in it he not only recorded the events
of his life in detail but subjected them to astrological scrutiny,
interspersing his text with horoscopes. The resulting work is one
of the most interesting seventeenth-century diaries to be published
this century, throwing new light on the history both of astrology
and on the topics with which this is juxtaposed in the course of
the book - commercial, medical, religious, and intellectual. The
text is prefaced by a lengthy and illuminating introduction which
sets the diary in context. Apart from giving a full account of this
little-known personality, it makes a significant contribution to
our understanding of the preoccupations and priorities of Jeake's
age, and not least the rationale and affiliations of astrology in
the age of the Financial Revolution.
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