Paston Letters and Papers of the Fifteenth Century: Part III: 22 (Early English Text Society Supplementary Series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0197224237 ISBN 13: 9780197224236

Publisher: Early English Text Society, 2005

Synopsis

The Paston family papers have long been consulted for their infomation about social history and politics in the fiftenth century, both within East Anglia and also nationally. Parts I and II of Paston Letters and Papers of the Fifteenth Century, edited by Norman Davis, were originally published by the Clarendon Press in 1971 and 1976, and were reissued with corrections by EETS in 2004. Part III completes the edition. It contains the texts of 120 additional letters and papers, many of them relating to Sir John Fastolf and his circle. These texts are previously unprinted, or printed only in part; some only came to light after the publication of Parts I and II. The texts have been edited according to the principles established by Norman Davis, and are accompanied by an Introduction and Bibliography, as well as a consolidated index to all three parts of the edition, a glossary to the entire edition, a concordance of the principal editions and origal sources, and a working chronology of the documents. Richard Beadle is Reader in English Literature and Historical Bibliography at the University of Cambridge; Colin Richmond is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at the University of Keele.

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...an invaluable record of the political and social history of late mediaeval England as well as linguistic development during the period. (Jacob Thaisen English Studies)

...what we now have in print, in this superb edition, should be most gratefully and warmly received. (Christine Carpenter, English Historical Review)

The letters seem carefully transcribed and are accompanied by notes on the physical state of the documents and records of emendations. (A. S. G. Edwards, Medium Aevum)

Synopsis

The Paston family papers provide an incomparable picture of life in fifteenth-century England, and richly illustrate the resources of the language at an important period. They have long been consulted by historians and other students of the fifteenth century for their information about social history and politics, both within East Anglia and also nationally. The authoritative edition of Parts 1 and 2 by Professor Norman Davis was published by the Clarendon Press in 1971 (Part 1) and 1976 (Part 2), and was reissued with corrections by EETS in 2004. Part 3, edited by Dr Richard Beadle and Professor Colin Richmond, completes the series planned by Professor Davis before his death. It contains the remaining texts with indexes to all three parts.

Edition details

• Publisher: Early English Text Society
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0197224237
• ISBN 13: 9780197224236
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 325
• Editor: Beadle Richard, Richmond Colin