The Paston Family in the Fifteenth Century: The First Phase

Colin Richmond

ISBN 10: 0521385024 / ISBN 13: 9780521385022

Published by Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990

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Condition Notes: Top edge of the text block a little spotted. Text complete, clean and tight; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over black boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 9¼" x 6¼" (0.9 kg); pp (xx) 269; Index; Cover art by Margaret Downing; Includes: Chronological tables (1); List of abbreviations; Genealogical tables; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #186870 ||.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Paston Family in the Fifteenth Century: The First Phase
• Publisher: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0521385024
• ISBN 13: 9780521385022
• Binding: Hardback in Dust Wrapper.
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
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Synopsis

The Pastons of Paston, Norfolk, are famous for the collection of letters and papers which bear their name. In particular 'the Paston Letters' have been well known since the time of Horace Walpole, although until now they have never been used systematically by historians of fifteenth-century England: they are both immensely attractive to read and fiendishly difficult to use as source material from which to write history. This volume describes, in lively and original style, the beginnings of the family's gentility and sets out some of the major themes of their history between 1400 and 1500. Many of the themes are common to all gentry families of the later Middle Ages, a period critical in the formation of the English polity. It might also be said that the Pastons epitomize a class which since the later Middle Ages has dominated the English state, English society and English culture.

Book Description

The Pastons of Paston, Norfolk, are famous for the collection of letters and papers which bear their name. This volume describes, in lively and original style, the beginnings of the family's gentility and sets out some of the major themes of their history between 1400 and 1500.