Lost Letters of Medieval Life: English Society, 12-125

✍ Scribed by Martha Carlin (editor); David Crouch (editor)

• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 360
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.

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.

✦ Table of Contents

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