The Pastons: A Family in the Wars of the Roses - Softcover

Barber, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0851153380 ISBN 13: 9780851153384

Publisher: The Boydell Press, 1986

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Boydell Press
• Publication date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0851153380
• ISBN 13: 9780851153384
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208