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The Resource The Paston women : selected letters, tr. from the Middle English with introd., notes and interpretive essay [by] Diane Watt

The Paston women : selected letters, tr. from the Middle English with introd., notes and interpretive essay [by] Diane Watt

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"The Correspondence of the Pastons, a fifteenth-century Norfolk family, is one of only two substantial collections of letters and documents to have survived from the period, and is unique in the volume of women's correspondence it contains. This selection includes letters from three generations of Paston women: Agnes Paston, her daughter-in-law Margaret, and Margaret's own daughter-in-law Margery, together with correspondence from other women family members and associates. An introduction places the letters in the context of medieval women's writing and letter writing; the interpretive essay examines what the letters reveal about the lives of particular women - domestic responsibilities, education, piety, health, and female friendship - from an ambitious provincial family in the late middle ages."--Jacket
Language
  • eng
  • enm
  • eng
Work
Publication
Extent
x, 178 pages
Contents
  • Introduction. Three generations of women's letters ; Relationships between the female correspondents and the Paston family ; Calendar
  • The letters. The letters and papers of Agnes Berry Paston ; The letters and papers of Elizabeth Paston Poynings or Browne ; The letters and papers of Margaret Mautby Paston ; The letters of Elizabeth Clere ; The letters of Dame Elizabeth Brews ; The letters of Cecily Daune and Constance Reynyforth ; The letters of Margery Brews Paston
  • Interpretive essay. "In the absence of a good secretary": The letters, lives, and loves of the Paston women reconsidered
Isbn
9781843840244
Instance
Label
The Paston women : selected letters
Title
The Paston women
Title remainder
selected letters
Statement of responsibility
tr. from the Middle English with introd., notes and interpretive essay [by] Diane Watt
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Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • enm
  • eng
Summary
"The Correspondence of the Pastons, a fifteenth-century Norfolk family, is one of only two substantial collections of letters and documents to have survived from the period, and is unique in the volume of women's correspondence it contains. This selection includes letters from three generations of Paston women: Agnes Paston, her daughter-in-law Margaret, and Margaret's own daughter-in-law Margery, together with correspondence from other women family members and associates. An introduction places the letters in the context of medieval women's writing and letter writing; the interpretive essay examines what the letters reveal about the lives of particular women - domestic responsibilities, education, piety, health, and female friendship - from an ambitious provincial family in the late middle ages."--Jacket
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DLC
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Paston letters.
Dewey number
  • 942.04/092/2
  • B
Index
index present
LC call number
DA240
LC item number
.P37 2004
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
1965-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
Watt, Diane
Series statement
Library of medieval women,
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Women
  • English letters
  • Women
  • Paston family
  • Great Britain
  • Great Britain
  • England
Label
The Paston women : selected letters, tr. from the Middle English with introd., notes and interpretive essay [by] Diane Watt
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [159]-164) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction. Three generations of women's letters ; Relationships between the female correspondents and the Paston family ; Calendar -- The letters. The letters and papers of Agnes Berry Paston ; The letters and papers of Elizabeth Paston Poynings or Browne ; The letters and papers of Margaret Mautby Paston ; The letters of Elizabeth Clere ; The letters of Dame Elizabeth Brews ; The letters of Cecily Daune and Constance Reynyforth ; The letters of Margery Brews Paston -- Interpretive essay. "In the absence of a good secretary": The letters, lives, and loves of the Paston women reconsidered
Control code
55149347
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
x, 178 pages
Isbn
9781843840244
Isbn Type
(pbk. : alk. paper)
Lccn
2004011220
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Label
The Paston women : selected letters, tr. from the Middle English with introd., notes and interpretive essay [by] Diane Watt
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [159]-164) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction. Three generations of women's letters ; Relationships between the female correspondents and the Paston family ; Calendar -- The letters. The letters and papers of Agnes Berry Paston ; The letters and papers of Elizabeth Paston Poynings or Browne ; The letters and papers of Margaret Mautby Paston ; The letters of Elizabeth Clere ; The letters of Dame Elizabeth Brews ; The letters of Cecily Daune and Constance Reynyforth ; The letters of Margery Brews Paston -- Interpretive essay. "In the absence of a good secretary": The letters, lives, and loves of the Paston women reconsidered
Control code
55149347
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
x, 178 pages
Isbn
9781843840244
Isbn Type
(pbk. : alk. paper)
Lccn
2004011220
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n

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