The Paston family in the fifteenth century : Fastolf's will / Colin Richmond.

By:

Richmond, Colin

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 276 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0585039747
9780585039749
0511582161
9780511582165
0511000960
9780511000966

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Paston family in the fifteenth century.DDC classification:

942.04/3 20

LOC classification:

DA247.F35 R53 1996eb

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Summary: The Paston family have long been famous for the large collection of letters and papers which bear their name. However, only recently have the 'Paston Letters' been used systematically by historians of fifteenth-century England: they are both attractive to read and fiendishly difficult to use as source material for the historian. This, the second volume in Colin Richmond's individual and compelling study of the Pastons, describes the bitter disputes over the will of Sir John Fastolf (d. 1459) which dogged the family for many years, and which hold a wider significance for the law, English country society, and the complex politics of the fifteenth century. Professor Richmond uses his mastery of the Paston documents to illuminate many obscurities surrounding the will, and at the same time creates an insightful and sympathetic picture of this fascinating, often troubled family.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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The Paston family have long been famous for the large collection of letters and papers which bear their name. However, only recently have the 'Paston Letters' been used systematically by historians of fifteenth-century England: they are both attractive to read and fiendishly difficult to use as source material for the historian. This, the second volume in Colin Richmond's individual and compelling study of the Pastons, describes the bitter disputes over the will of Sir John Fastolf (d. 1459) which dogged the family for many years, and which hold a wider significance for the law, English country society, and the complex politics of the fifteenth century. Professor Richmond uses his mastery of the Paston documents to illuminate many obscurities surrounding the will, and at the same time creates an insightful and sympathetic picture of this fascinating, often troubled family.

English.

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