The Paston Letters A.D. 1422-1509 (Masterplots, Definitive Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Paston Family
- First Published: 1787
- Type of Work: Domestic letters, family papers, and legal documents
- Principal Characters: William Paston, Agnes Paston, John Paston, Margaret Paston, Sir John Paston, John Paston III
- Genres: Nonfiction, History, Letters
- Subjects: England or English people, War, Kings, queens, or royalty, Fifteenth century, Sixteenth century, Middle Ages, Civil wars, Nobility, Wars of the Roses
The turbulent era of the Wars of the Roses forms a background for THE PASTON LETTERS, a remarkable collection of personal correspondence and legal documents belonging to a wealthy family in Norfolk, England. Three generations of Pastons left records of a century when law and justice were often at the mercy of might, when noblemen took advantage of their sovereign’s preoccupation with keeping his throne to besiege prosperous manor houses, and when robbers made the road from Norwich to London a perilous one to travel.
The first of the Pastons to make his mark was William,...
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