Prophecy and Power: Astrology in Early Modern England

by Patrick Curry and H Darrel Rutkin

Patrick Curry rediscovers the history of astrology in early modern England: he seeks to overturn the accepted view that astrology was a marginal pursuit that died out after the mid-seventeenth century. Curry demonstrates that in reality astrology was a vital part of English cultural life, surviving in various forms and despite powerful opposition throughout the eighteenth century. Drawing on a wide range of unpublished primary sources, he examines...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691055793
• ISBN13: 9780691055794
• Release Date: September 1989
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"