17th Century Almanac for June – Midsummer fires & hay making
Bonfires, rush bearing, Battle of the Dunes, Dunkirk and D-Day.
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The 17th Century Almanac – Early Modern history blog.
17th Century Almanac for May – maypoles, ministers & mutiny
Whitsuntide, church wakes, wickedness and Leveller slaves.
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17th Century Almanac for April – Early Modern social order
17th Century Almanac for April – hierarchy, social order & change.
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17th Century Almanac for March – open fields & enclosure
Open fields & acre strips – enclosure & Agricultural Revolution.
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17th Century Almanac for February – carnival & cleansing fire
Candlemas, Shrovetide carnival chaos, cleansing fire & riot
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17th Century Almanac for January – age of change & crisis
Age of change & upheaval – of art & science, of persecution & war.
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