The Paston Letters
A Selection in Modern Spelling
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. 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 onleisure pursuits, education, and domestic life. The writers express themselves with a clarity and vigour that is remarkable at this early date, and the letter illustrate, as no other…
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- ISBN: 978-0-19-953837-9
- EAN: 9780199538379
- Produktnummer: 4462362
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 320 S.
- Masse: H19.4 cm x B13.0 cm x D1.5 cm 224 g
- Gewicht: 224
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
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