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The Paston letters form one of only two surviving collections of fifteenth-century correspondence, in their case especially rich in letters from the women of the family. Clandestine love affairs, secret marriages, violent family rows, bickering with neighbours, battles and sieges, threats of murder and kidnapping, fears of plague these are just some of the topics discussed in the letters of the Paston women. Diane Watt's introduction seeks to place these letters in the context of medieval women's writing and and medieval letter writing. Her interpretive essay reconstructs the lives of these women by examining what the letters reveal about women's literacy and education, life in the medieval household, religion and piety, health and medicine, and love, marriage, family relationships, and female friendships in the middle ages. Professor Diane Watt is Head of the School of English and Languages, University of Surrey.
Read Online The Paston Women Selected Letters Library of Medieval Women Diane Watt 9781843840244 Books
"I learned so much reading the Paston letters. Women "manning" the castle and men shopping for spices and armour. Turned my previoius notions of women in this time period on end."
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The Paston Women Selected Letters Library of Medieval Women Diane Watt 9781843840244 Books Reviews
- Really appreciated something focused on just the women's side of the story. Got interested in this after finding out I was related to one of the Pastons. An interesting read.
- I learned so much reading the Paston letters. Women "manning" the castle and men shopping for spices and armour. Turned my previoius notions of women in this time period on end.
