The Pastons: A Family in the Wars of the Roses - Tapa blanda

Barber, Richard

 
9780851153384: The Pastons: A Family in the Wars of the Roses
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ISBN 10: 0851153380 ISBN 13: 9780851153384
Editorial: The Boydell Press, 1986

Sinopsis

Within three generations (1426 to 1485), and through the dark and dangerous years of the Wars of the Roses, the Pastons established themselves as a family of consequence, both in their native Norfolk and within court circles. Ambitious and highly mobile - womenfolk as well as men -they kept in touch by correspondence, usually but not invariably through the medium of a clerk. These letters, a rare survival, break upon us across the centuries with the urgency, and sometimes the violence,of their preoccupations: defending property, fighting court cases, making the right alliances, and, on the domestic side, managing their estates, conducting their courtships, stocking their cupboards.Selected and presented here with Richard Barber's invaluable linking narrative, they bring the middle ages triumphantly to life.

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RICHARD BARBER has had a huge influence on the study of medieval history and literature, as both a writer and a publisher. His first book on the Arthurian legend appeared in 1961, and his major works include The Knight and Chivalry (winner of the Somerset Maugham Award in 1971), Edward Prince of Wales and Aquitaine, The Penguin Guide to Medieval Europe and The Holy Grail: the History of a Legend which was widely praised and was translated into six languages.

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Editorial
The Boydell Press
Año de publicación
1986
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0851153380
ISBN 13 
9780851153384
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
208
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9781843831112: The Pastons: A Family in the Wars of the Roses (First Person Singular)

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ISBN 10:  1843831112 ISBN 13:  9781843831112
Editorial: Boydell Press, 2004
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