This sixth volume of The Paston Letters concludes one of the most remarkable collections of private correspondence to survive from medieval England. Written by members of the Paston family of Norfolk between 1422 and 1509, the letters vividly document everyday life, law, property disputes, marriage, and the turmoil of the Wars of the Roses. This part contains letters and a chronological table for the New Complete Library Edition, completing an unrivalled record of fifteenth-century English life.
The Paston Letters offer an intimate, unmediated view of a gentry family navigating a violent and uncertain age, full of human concerns large and small. They are a treasure for historians of medieval society, law, and language. Readers interested in the Wars of the Roses, English social history, or medieval letters will find them endlessly rewarding. This free EPUB edition makes the final volume of this celebrated correspondence available.