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Record Number: 22132


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'My heart was inclined to love and honour my father, especially when, by reading the history of China, I found that they bore more respect to their parents than any nation in the world'.

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

May 1663

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Chippenham
county: Cambridgeshire

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Isaac Archer

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

23 Dec 1641

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

Minister in Church of England

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

anon

Title:

The Historie of China

Genre:

History

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1588

Provenance

owned
Probably owned by reader


Source Information:

Record ID:

22132

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Matthew Storey

Title:

Two East Anglian Diaries 1641-1729: Isaac Archer and William Coe

Place of Publication:

Woodbridge, Suffolk

Date of Publication:

1994

Vol:

n/a

Page:

91

Additional Comments:

The orginal source is a manuscript journal, Cambridge University Library, Additional Manuscript 8499

Citation:

Matthew Storey (ed.), Two East Anglian Diaries 1641-1729: Isaac Archer and William Coe, (Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1994), p. 91, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=22132, accessed: 18 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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