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Book Paston Letters and Papers of the Fifteenth Century

Download or read book Paston Letters and Papers of the Fifteenth Century written by Norman Davis and published by Early English Text Society. This book was released on 2004 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Paston family papers have long been consulted for their infomation about social history and politics in the fiftenth century, both within East Anglia and also nationally. Parts I and II of Paston Letters and Papers of the Fifteenth Century, edited by Norman Davis, were originally published by the Clarendon Press in 1971 and 1976, and were reissued with corrections by EETS in 2004. Part III completes the edition. It contains the texts of 120 additional letters and papers, many of them relating to Sir John Fastolf and his circle. These texts are previously unprinted, or printed only in part; some only came to light after the publication of Parts I and II. The texts have been edited according to the principles established by Norman Davis, and are accompanied by an Introduction and Bibliography, as well as a consolidated index to all three parts of the edition, a glossary to the entire edition, a concordance of the principal editions and origal sources, and a working chronology of the documents. Richard Beadle is Reader in English Literature and Historical Bibliography at the University of Cambridge; Colin Richmond is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at the University of Keele.

Book Paston Letters and Papers of the Fifteenth Century

Download or read book Paston Letters and Papers of the Fifteenth Century written by Norman Davis and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Paston Letters

Download or read book The Paston Letters written by John Warrington and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Paston Letters

Download or read book The Paston Letters written by Norman Davis and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1999 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Pastons of Norfolk left behind them an incomparable picture of life in fifteenth-century England in the earliest great collection of family letters in English."--BOOK JACKET. "The letters span three generations and most were written during the reigns of Henry VI, Edward IV, and Richard III, in a period of political turmoil, local anarchy and war abroad and at home. They reveal personal hopes and anxieties, and contain as well as business matters a wealth of information on leisure pursuits, education, and domestic life. The writers express themselves with a clarity and vigour that is remarkable at this early date, and the letters illustrate, as no other documents can, the state of the language in daily use immediately before and after the introduction of printing."--BOOK JACKET. "This modernized selection prepared from the original manuscripts is designed to present the full range of the Pastons' principal concerns."--BOOK JACKET.

Book The Paston Family in the Fifteenth Century  Volume 1  The First Phase

Download or read book The Paston Family in the Fifteenth Century Volume 1 The First Phase written by Colin Richmond and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1990-09-27 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pastons of Paston, Norfolk, are famous for the collection of letters and papers which bear their name. In particular 'the Paston Letters' have been well known since the time of Horace Walpole, although until now they have never been used systematically by historians of fifteenth-century England: they are both immensely attractive to read and fiendishly difficult to use as source material from which to write history. This volume describes, in lively and original style, the beginnings of the family's gentility and sets out some of the major themes of their history between 1400 and 1500. Many of the themes are common to all gentry families of the later Middle Ages, a period critical in the formation of the English polity. It might also be said that the Pastons epitomize a class which since the later Middle Ages has dominated the English state, English society and English culture.

Book The Paston Family in the Fifteenth Century  Volume 2  Fastolf s Will

Download or read book The Paston Family in the Fifteenth Century Volume 2 Fastolf s Will written by Colin Richmond and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-05-16 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Paston family have long been famous for the large collection of letters and papers which bear their name. However, only recently have the 'Paston Letters' been used systematically by historians of fifteenth-century England: they are both attractive to read and fiendishly difficult to use as source material for the historian. This, the second volume in Colin Richmond's individual and compelling study of the Pastons, describes the bitter disputes over the will of Sir John Fastolf (d. 1459) which dogged the family for many years, and which hold a wider significance for the law, English country society, and the complex politics of the fifteenth century. Professor Richmond uses his mastery of the Paston documents to illuminate many obscurities surrounding the will, and at the same time creates an insightful and sympathetic picture of this fascinating, often troubled family.

Book The Paston Family in the Fifteenth Century  Volume 2  Fastolf s Will

Download or read book The Paston Family in the Fifteenth Century Volume 2 Fastolf s Will written by Colin Richmond and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1996-10-31 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Paston family are famous for the large collection of letters and papers that bear their name. This, the second volume in Colin Richmond's individual and compelling study of the Pastons, describes the bitter disputes over Sir John Fastolf's will, which hold a wider significance for the law, English society, and the complex politics of the fifteenth century. Professor Richmond's mastery of the Paston documents illuminates many obscurities surrounding the will, while creating an insightful and sympathetic picture of this fascinating family.

Book The Paston Women

Download or read book The Paston Women written by Diane Watt and published by DS Brewer. This book was released on 2004 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Paston letters viewed in the context of medieval women's writing and medieval letter writing.

Book Paston Letters and Papers of the Fifteenth Century

Download or read book Paston Letters and Papers of the Fifteenth Century written by Norman Davis and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Paston Letters and Papers of the Fifteenth Century

Download or read book Paston Letters and Papers of the Fifteenth Century written by Norman Davis and published by Early English Text Society. This book was released on 2004 with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Paston family papers provide an incomparable picture of life in fifteenth-century England, and richly illustrate the resources of the language at an important period. This is a reissue, with corrections, of the volume originally published by the Clarendon Press in 1971.

Book The Paston Letters

Download or read book The Paston Letters written by M. D. Jones and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Private Life in the Fifteenth Century

Download or read book Private Life in the Fifteenth Century written by Roger Virgoe and published by George Weidenfeld & Nicholson. This book was released on 1989 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Letters and documents spanning three generations of an important fifteenth-century English family offer a glimpse at life in the turbulent era leading from medieval to modern history

Book A Medieval Family

    Book Details:
  • Author : Frances Gies
  • Publisher : Harper
  • Release : 1998-07-07
  • ISBN : 9780060172640
  • Pages : 416 pages

Download or read book A Medieval Family written by Frances Gies and published by Harper. This book was released on 1998-07-07 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Paston family of Norfolk, England, has long been known to medieval scholars for its large collection of personal correspondence, which has survived five centuries. Revealing a wealth of information about manners, morals, lifestyle, and attitudes of the late Middle Ages, the letters also tell the story of three generations of the fifteenth-century Paston family that treads like a historical novel full of memorable characters: Margaret Paston, the indomitable wife and mother who fought the family's battles; her husband, John Paston I, tough, hardheaded, and thrice confined to Fleet Prison but never yielding to his enemies; daughter Margery, who scandalized family and friends by falling in love with the Paston bailiff, Richard Calle; lighthearted, chivalric Sir John; and cheerful, sensible John III, who against all odds succeeded in marrying for love. A Medieval Family traces the Pastons history from 1420, through the stormy Wars of the Roses, to the early 1500s. The family's story, extracted from their letters and papers and told largely in their own words, shows a side of history rarely revealed: the lives and fortunes not of kings and queens but of ordinary middle-class people with problems, tragedies, and moments of happiness.

Book Gentry Culture in Late Medieval England

Download or read book Gentry Culture in Late Medieval England written by Raluca Radulescu and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays in this collection examine the lifestyles and attitudes of the gentry in late-medieval England. Through surveys of the gentry's military background, administrative and political roles, social behavior, and education, the reader is provided with an overview of how the group's culture evolved and how it was disseminated.

Book The Pastons and Their England

Download or read book The Pastons and Their England written by Henry Stanley Bennett and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Paston Letters  1422 1509 A D  a New Ed   Containing Upwards of Four Hundred Letters  Etc   Hitherto Unpublished  Volume 2

Download or read book The Paston Letters 1422 1509 A D a New Ed Containing Upwards of Four Hundred Letters Etc Hitherto Unpublished Volume 2 written by Anonymous and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover a treasure trove of previously unpublished letters from the fifteenth century in The Paston Letters. This collection offers a firsthand glimpse into the lives of the Paston family, an influential English clan during the Wars of the Roses. This new edition contains over four hundred letters and is a must-read for anyone interested in medieval history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book The Paston Letters

    Book Details:
  • Author : M D Jones
  • Publisher : Andesite Press
  • Release : 2015-08-11
  • ISBN : 9781297639487
  • Pages : 90 pages

Download or read book The Paston Letters written by M D Jones and published by Andesite Press. This book was released on 2015-08-11 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.