Margaret Paston's piety
By: Joel T. Rosenthal.
Series: The new Middle Ages
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
ISBN-13: 9780230622074
Subjects: Paston, Margaret, -- 1423-1484; Paston, Margaret, -- 1423-1484 -- Religion; Paston, Margaret, -- 1423-1484 -- Literary art; Paston, Margaret, -- 1423-1484 -- Correspondence; Paston family -- Correspondence; Gentry -- England -- Biography; Letter writing -- History -- To 1500 -- Sources; England -- Social life and customs -- 1066-1485 -- Sources
Genres: Correspondence; Biography; Sources
Other titles: Paston letters.
Description: 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.
Table of contents: title: Reading the religious life of Margaret Paston; title: Margaret Paston's calendar and her saints; title: Margaret Paston in context: things said, done, and owned; title: Family wills: Margaret and the rest; title: What did Margaret see.