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Katherine Walker
Hating on star-gazing: Early modern astrology and its critics
Shakespeare and Beyond
Hating on star-gazing: Early modern astrology and its critics
Where do you turn for answers to pressing questions? You might glance at a weather forecast, the latest political polls, a book of theology or philosophy—or flip a coin. People living in the early modern period likewise had their ways…
Almanacs as Underdogs
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Almanacs as Underdogs
A guest post by Katherine Walker The Folger houses many impressive texts and manuscripts. So much so, in fact, that it is easy to overlook the library’s equally vast and provocative collection of less illustrious genres. These texts will not…