17th Century Almanac for October – hiring fairs & bodgers
Winter wheat, hiring fairs, hewers, hurdlers, bodgers and vagrants.
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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 September – Ship Money, cod & corsairs
Newfoundland cod, first Atlantic triangular trade, pirates and slaves.
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17th Century Almanac for August – Climate Change & Conflict
Harvest, the Little Ice Age, war, biodynamics and farming today.
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17th Century Almanac for July – free quarter & contribution
The ‘hungry month’, campaigning armies, taxation and St Swithin.
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17th Century Almanac for June – Midsummer fires & hay making
Bonfires, rush bearing, Battle of the Dunes, Dunkirk and D-Day.
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17th Century Almanac for May – maypoles, ministers & mutiny
Whitsuntide, church wakes, wickedness and Leveller slaves.
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