17th Century Almanac for April The 17th Century almanac for April – the ‘Sweet Month’ and ‘fairest child of Spring’. 17th Century Life and Agricultural Labour In the 17th Century, […]
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17th Century Almanac for March The 17th Century almanac for March – the month of ‘many weathers’, hard labour, saints and mad hares. 17th Century Life and Agricultural Labour In
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17th Century Almanac for February The 17th Century almanac for February – the month of Candlemas, carnival and chaos. ‘The sun peeps through the window-pane; which children mark with laughing eye,
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17th Century Almanac for January The 17th Century almanac for January – when ‘withering and keen the Winter comes, while comfort flies to close-shut rooms.’ It is January and a new
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17th Century Almanac for December The 17th Century almanac for December – when ‘Glad Christmas comes, and every hearth makes room to give him welcome now, even want will dry
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Blackpowder, pikes and books at the Battle of Edgehill, 28-29 August.
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