The Paston Letters, A.D. 1422-1509. Volume 2 (of 6) by James Gairdner

"The Paston Letters, A.D. 1422-1509. Volume 2 (of 6)" edited by James Gairdner is a collection of correspondence published in 1904. This volume captures letters exchanged among the Paston family and their associates during England's turbulent Wars of the Roses and early Tudor period. These authentic documents, once lost and questioned, provide intimate glimpses into fifteenth-century English gentry life, politics, and language evolution. Gairdner's scholarly edition presents previously unpublished letters with detailed notes, offering historians and linguists an invaluable primary source from a transformative era in English history. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Editor Gairdner, James, 1828-1912
Title The Paston Letters, A.D. 1422-1509. Volume 2 (of 6)
New Complete Library Edition
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paston_Letters
Credits E-text prepared by Louise Hope, Chris Curnow, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries (archive.org/details/toronto)
Reading Level Reading ease score: 77.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe
Subject England -- Social life and customs -- 1066-1485 -- Sources
Subject English letters
Subject Paston family -- Correspondence
Subject Social history -- Medieval, 500-1500 -- Sources
Subject Letter writing -- History -- To 1500 -- Sources
Subject Great Britain -- History -- Lancaster and York, 1399-1485 -- Sources
Subject Great Britain -- History -- Henry VII, 1485-1509 -- Sources
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EBook-No. 40989
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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