17th Century Almanac for July – free quarter & contribution
The ‘hungry month’, campaigning armies, taxation and St Swithin.
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Early Modern Britain
17th Century life, society, faith, knowledge, trade and Climate Change
17th Century Almanac for June – Midsummer fires & hay making
Bonfires, rush bearing, Battle of the Dunes, Dunkirk and D-Day.
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Battle of Lostwithiel 1644 – battlefield walk & talk
Battle of Lostwithiel 1644 – the King’s decisive victory The Battle of Lostwithiel 1644 – an English Civil War battle involving four armies and a navy, fought across ten square
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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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