17th Century Almanac for February – carnival & cleansing fire
Candlemas, Shrovetide carnival chaos, cleansing fire & riot.
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Army to Author – from soldier to historical fiction novelist
Soldier to fiction author, 17th Century extremism & echoes today.
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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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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 October – hiring fairs & bodgers
Winter wheat, hiring fairs, hewers, hurdlers, bodgers and vagrants.
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17th Century Almanac for September – Ship Money, cod & corsairs
Newfoundland cod, first Atlantic triangular trade, pirates and slaves.
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