The Pastons: A Family in the Wars of the Roses
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Attractive selection conveys well their recurrent concerns with land, money, civil violence, flirtation, marriage, and the purchase of ginger and lace. MEDIUM AEVUM
Vivid first-hand accounts of life in England at the time ofthe Wars of the Roses, presented in their historical context. Essential reading on the English middle ages. Within three generations (1426 to 1485), and through the dark anddangerous years of the Wars of the Roses, the...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1843831112
ISBN13:9781843831112
Release Date:October 2004
Publisher:Boydell Press
Length:208 Pages
Weight:0.60 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 8.4"
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Unmatched by any history book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
Unmatched by any history book, these letters constitute a rich and intimate glimpse into the 15th century.Spanning several generations of the redoubtable Paston family, they are a unique record of their rise to eminence in their native Norfolk, and of the life during the upheavels of the civil wars between Yorkists and Lancastrians.
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