The Paston letters have long exercised a tremendous fascination for
their capacity to recreate in vivid detail the lives of an ordinary
well-to-do fifteenth-century family. H. S. Bennett's classic study
recreates beautifully their historical context and offers the
additional perspectives provided by the letters of their
correspondents: bishops and serving men, prisoners and dukes,
priests and ribald companions. Among the intriguing areas of late
medieval life which are explored are marriage, women's lives,
education, travelling, the law and lawlessness, the clergy and the
changing face of the English countryside. This account of the
Pastons' England reveals an age of historical transition as it was
played out in the daily challenges of individual lives.
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