A Medieval Family: The Pastons of Fifteenth-Century England (Medieval Life, #2)

by Frances Gies and Joseph Gies

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In the late 18th century, Members of the English gentry - a tiny group of roughly 1,000 households sandwiched between the ruling nobility and the peasants, and a rough analog for the contemporary "middle class" - the Pastons' experience, recorded

Covering the years from 1421 to 1484, and the lives of three generations of Pastons, the Gieses provide a rare window into the day-to-day life of this family, and the broader political and social goings-on of medieval England. We learn Readers are also treated to accounts of locally significant historical events, such as the Siege of Caister and the Battle of Barnet.

  • ISBN10 0062016741
  • ISBN13 9780062016744
  • Publish Date 21 September 2010 (first published 7 July 1998)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Imprint HarperCollins eBooks
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 432
  • Language English