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"The Paston Letters" offer a unique and intimate glimpse into fifteenth-century England through the correspondence of the Paston family. This volume covers the reign of Edward IV, from 1461 to 1471. These letters, spanning several generations, provide invaluable insights into the social, political, and domestic life of a gentry family during a turbulent period of English history. The letters reveal details about land disputes, marriages, legal matters, and the everyday concerns of the Pastons. They offer a fascinating portrait of a family navigating the complexities of medieval society, and…mehr

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"The Paston Letters" offer a unique and intimate glimpse into fifteenth-century England through the correspondence of the Paston family. This volume covers the reign of Edward IV, from 1461 to 1471. These letters, spanning several generations, provide invaluable insights into the social, political, and domestic life of a gentry family during a turbulent period of English history. The letters reveal details about land disputes, marriages, legal matters, and the everyday concerns of the Pastons. They offer a fascinating portrait of a family navigating the complexities of medieval society, and provide invaluable primary source material for historians and anyone interested in the lives of ordinary people in extraordinary times. This collection offers a rare and direct connection to the voices of the past. 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.