17th Century Almanac for February – carnival & cleansing fire
Candlemas, Shrovetide carnival chaos, cleansing fire & riot.
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17th Century Almanac blog – Early Modern life
The 17th Century Almanac Blog is a monthly blog post by Charles Cordell, author of English Civil War historical fiction series Divided Kingdom. Each article discusses a topic of interest, such as 17th Century Climate Change & Conflict, as well as life, lore and ritual in Early Modern Britain for that month.
17th Century Almanac for January – age of change & crisis
Age of change & upheaval – of art & science, of persecution & war.
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17th Century Almanac for December – Christmas & Parliament ban
17th Century Christmas – cavalier feast, Puritan fast & Parliament ban.
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17th Century Almanac for November – slaughter & remembrance
Gunpowder, cattle droves, good Queen Bess and Henrietta Maria.
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17th Century Hallowtide – FREE historical fiction book sample
Hallowtide – time of tension and an extract from God’s Vindictive Wrath.
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17th Century Almanac for October – hiring fairs & bodgers
Winter wheat, hiring fairs, hewers, hurdlers, bodgers and vagrants.
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