The Paston letters : a selection in modern spelling
1999
Book
A collection of letters preserved by the Pastons, a well-to-do Norfolk family, written between around 1420 and 1504. They offer evidence for the language of the time and show the contemporary historical, political and social interests. Three generations of the family appear.
Author:
Edition:
[New ed.] / edited with an introduction by Norman Davies.
Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Collation:
xxxii, 288 p. : map ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
This ed. originally published: 1983.Includes index.
ISBN:
9780192836403 (pbk)
Dewey class:
942.04A942.04
Language:
English
Subject:
Paston family -- CorrespondenceSocial history -- Medieval, 500-1500 -- SourcesLetter writing -- History -- To 1500 -- SourcesEngland -- Social life and customs -- 1066-1485 -- SourcesGreat Britain -- History -- Lancaster and York, 1399-1485 -- SourcesGreat Britain -- History -- Henry VII, 1485-1509 -- Sources
BRN:
408740