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Nostradamus


Michel De Nostradame, otherwise known as Nostradamus was born December
14, 1503. His family was of Jewish ancestry. His grandfather, Pierre de
Nostradame, had settled in Provence because by the mid-1400s, many Jews had
come to live there.
Nostradamus' father was Jacques de Nostradame. Jacques worked as a
scholary, since most people didn't know how to write he wrote things for them,
from love letters to formal documents. Jacques' income provided a good home at
the time. Nostradamus' earliest recollection of his home was the following:

Typical of all provençal homes in the sixteenth century was the room
where both domestic and social life was carried on. The center and
symbol of the room's activity was the great fireplace, majestic, caver-
nous, holding a banked fire that never went out since his mother and
father moved in. Shining pots and pans of brass hung low from the
mantle shelf. At either angle of the fireplace was an oak settle were......

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