Bernard Capp Knihy

Focusing on the lives of poorer and middling women in early modern England, the book highlights their efforts to navigate a society that often marginalized them. It emphasizes the importance of close-knit friendships, or "gossips," which offered crucial moral and practical support. These networks empowered women to influence their own lives and engage actively in their local communities, showcasing their resilience and agency in a challenging environment.

Apart from the Bible, almanacs were the most influential and widely dispersed for of literature in Tudor and Stuart England. This book presents a study of their history in depth. It shows how relevant they were to almost each aspect of life, social, intellectual, religious, and political.