1st Edition
Almanacs Printed Writings 1641–1700: Series II, Part One, Volume 6
By Alan S. Weber
Copyright 2002
320 Pages
by
Routledge
320 Pages
by
Routledge
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Almanacs were highly influential on popular opinion during the early modern period. They were the least expensive kinds of books and had a practical use as a calendar, literary miscellany, weather guide and advertising medium. The almanacs in this volume contribute to our understanding of women's participation in popular culture, astrology, medicine and prophecy. Sarah Jinner's almanacs for the... Read more
Contents: Introductory note; Sarah Jinner: An Almanack or prognostication for the year of our Lord 1658; An Almanack or prognostication for the year of our Lord 1659; An Almanack for the year of our Lord God 1664; Mary Holden: The womans almanack for the year of our Lord, 1688; The womans almanack: Or, an ephemerides for the year of our Lord, 1689; Dorothy Partridge (pseudonym?): A woman's almanack, for the year 1694; Appendix: Mother Shipton (pseudonym?): The prophesie of Mother Shipton... (1641); Shinkin ap Shone (pseudonym?): The honest Welch-Cobler; Shinkin ap Shone Her Prognostication for The ensuing Year, 1654; Sarah Ginnor (pseudonym?): The Womans Almanack: Or, Prognostication for ever; Appendix B: A key to difficult-to-read passages.
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Selected and Introduced by Alan S. Weber
