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A medieval family : the Pastons of fifteenth-century England  Cover Image Book Book

A medieval family : the Pastons of fifteenth-century England / Frances and Joseph Gies.

Gies, Frances. (Author). Gies, Joseph. (Added Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 0060172649
  • Physical Description: xiii, 392 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : HarperCollins Publishers, c1998.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-367) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Subject: Fastolf, John, 1378?-1459.
Paston family > Correspondence.
Paston letters.
Manuscripts, Medieval > England > Norfolk.
Middle class > England > History > Sources.
Families > England > History > Sources.
Great Britain > History > Wars of the Roses, 1455-1485.
England > Social life and customs > 1066-1485.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Town of Plymouth. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Pease Public Library.

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Pease Public Library 942.04 GIES
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