Screen LibraryLost letters of medieval life : english society, 1200-1250 /
Drawn from two medieval collections of form letters for all manner of business and personal affairs, Lost Letters of Medieval Life depicts early thirteenth-century England through the everyday correspondence of people of all classes, from peasants and shopkeepers to bishops and earls.
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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Philadelphia, Pa. : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2013] ©2013 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
The middle ages series
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| Online Access: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.9783/9780812207569 http://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9780812207569.jpg |
| Summary: |
Drawn from two medieval collections of form letters for all manner of business and personal affairs, Lost Letters of Medieval Life depicts early thirteenth-century England through the everyday correspondence of people of all classes, from peasants and shopkeepers to bishops and earls. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (360 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | 19 illus. |
| ISBN: | 9780812207569 |
| Index Number: | DA170 |
| CLC: | K561.3 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- A Note on Money -- INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 1. Money -- Chapter 2. War and Politics -- Chapter 3. Lordship and Administration -- Chapter 4. Family and Community -- Chapter 5. A Knight s Correspondence: Building a Barn and a Windmill -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Subject Index -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. |