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Author Rosenthal, Joel T., 1934-

Title Margaret Paston's piety / Joel T. Rosenthal
Edition 1st ed
Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 217 pages) : illustrations
Series The new Middle Ages
New Middle Ages (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
Contents Reading the religious life of Margaret Paston -- Margaret Paston's calendar and her saints -- Margaret Paston in context: things said, done, and owned -- Family wills: Margaret Paston and the rest -- What did Margaret see?
Summary The collection of Margaret Paston's letters and papers from fifteenth century England offer an invaluable example of daily life during that period. Drawing on a close reading of these personal letters, as well as Paston's will, this book reveals how popular religion was integrated into daily life
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Paston, Margaret, 1423-1484.
Paston, Margaret, 1423-1484 -- Religion
Paston, Margaret, 1423-1484 -- Writing skill
Paston, Margaret, 1423-1484 -- Correspondence
Paston family -- Correspondence
SUBJECT Paston family fast
Paston, Margaret, 1423-1484 fast
Subject Gentry -- England -- Biography
Letter writing -- History -- To 1500 -- Sources
Literary studies: classical, early & medieval.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
HISTORY.
Literature.
Gentry
Letter writing
Manners and customs
Religion
SUBJECT England -- Social life and customs -- 1066-1485 -- Sources
Subject England
Genre/Form Sources
Personal correspondence
Biographies
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780230111462
0230111467
9781349383887
1349383880
1282992449
9781282992443
9786612992445
6612992441
OTHER TI Paston letters. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00025938