The country husbandman

The topics in this section include:

The cycle of seasons:

• Spring: ploughing, sowing
• Summer: making hay; festivals
• Autumn: harvesting, threshing
• Winter: slaughtering
• Seasons awry: famine and enclosures

Outdoor sports:

• Hunting
• Hawking
• Fishing
• Archery, cockfighting and other sports