Description: The Paston Women: Selected Letters by Diane Watt The Paston letters viewed in the context of medieval womens writing and medieval letter writing. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The Paston letters viewed in the context of medieval womens writing and medieval letter writing.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 Watts introduction seeks to place these letters in the context of medieval womens writing and and medieval letter writing. Her interpretive essay reconstructs the lives of these women by examining what the letters reveal about womens literacy and education, lifein 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. Author Biography Professor Diane Watt is Head of the School of English and Languages, University of Surrey. Secretaries of God won the 1998 Foster Watson Memorial Gift. Review Watts translations balance both readability and literalness. [...]an accessible edition devoted to one of the most interesting set of extant documents written by late medieval English women. * MEDIEVAL REVIEW * Review Text Watts translations balance both readability and literalness. [...]an accessible edition devoted to one of the most interesting set of extant documents written by late medieval English women. MEDIEVAL REVIEW Review Quote Watts translations balance both readability and literalness. [...]an accessible edition devoted to one of the most interesting set of extant documents written by late medieval English women. MEDIEVAL REVIEW Details ISBN1843840243 Pages 190 Language English ISBN-10 1843840243 ISBN-13 9781843840244 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2004 Imprint D.S. Brewer Subtitle Selected Letters Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Diane Watt Short Title PASTON WOMEN SEL LETTERS Author Diane Watt DOI 10.1604/9781843840244 UK Release Date 2004-11-25 AU Release Date 2004-11-25 NZ Release Date 2004-11-25 Illustrations No Publisher Boydell & Brewer Ltd Series Library of Medieval Women Publication Date 2004-11-25 Alternative 9781787444003 DEWEY 929.20942 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161841732;
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