The New Complete Library Edition Gairdner, James 1828-1912 creator text utu 2012 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Paston Letters, A.D. 1422-1509. Volume 4 (of 6)" by James Gairdner is a historical collection edited in 1904. This volume presents authentic correspondence between members of Norfolk's Paston family and their associates during the tumultuous Wars of the Roses and early Tudor period. These letters offer intimate glimpses into medieval English life, revealing family struggles, political intrigue, and social dynamics. The collection also captures language in transition, documenting the shift from Late Middle English to Early Modern English during the Great Vowel Shift, making it invaluable to both historians and linguists. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paston_Letters Release date is 2012-10-16 E-text prepared by Louise Hope, Chris Curnow, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries (http://archive.org/details/toronto) Original publication data not identified England -- Social life and customs -- 1066-1485 -- Sources English letters Paston family -- Correspondence Social history -- Medieval, 500-1500 -- Sources Letter writing -- History -- To 1500 -- Sources Great Britain -- History -- Lancaster and York, 1399-1485 -- Sources Great Britain -- History -- Henry VII, 1485-1509 -- Sources DA Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41081 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41081 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133935.0 41081