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A medieval family : the Pastons of fifteenth-century England

Title: A medieval family : the Pastons of fifteenth-century England / Frances and Joseph Gies.
Author: Gies, Frances.
Publication: New York : HarperCollins Publishers, 1998.

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Gies, Joseph.

Description

xiii, 392 pages : illustrations; 22 cm

Subjects

Great Britain > History > Wars of the Roses, 1455-1485
Manuscripts, Medieval > England > Norfolk
England > Social life and customs > 1066-1485
Families > England > History > Sources
Paston letters
Middle class > England > History > Sources
Fastolf, John, 1378?-1459
Paston family > Correspondence

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. The Letters -- 2. The Family -- 3. Judge William and His Children (1421-1444) -- 4. Land Disputes and the Siege of Gresham (1444-1450) -- 5. Sir John Fastolf, a Soldier in Retirement (1450-1452) -- 6. Sir John Fastolf and John Paston (1453-1459) -- 7. The Fastolf Will Contested (1459-1465) -- 8. The Sack of Hellesdon and the Death of John Paston (1465-1466) -- 9. Royal Marriages and Misalliances (1466-1469) -- 10. The Siege of Caister (1469) -- 11. The Battle of Barnet (1470-1471) -- 12. Family Discord, Foreign War, and Other Disturbances (1471-1475) -- 13. Caister Regained, a Marriage Negotiated (1475-1478) -- 14. Deaths (1479-1484) -- 15. The Last of the Medieval Pastons -- Calendar of Events, Paston and Political, 1415-1504.

ISBN

0060172649
9780060930554 (pbk.)

LCCN

97049169

OCLC

37955788
ocm37955788

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries