God's Own Gentlewoman: The Life of Margaret Paston

by Diane Watt

Overview

The remarkable story of Margaret Paston, whose letters form the most extensive collection of personal writings by a medieval English woman.
Drawing on what is the largest archive of medieval correspondence relating to a single family in the UK, God's Own Gentlewoman explores what everyday life was like during the turbulent decades at the height of the Wars of the Roses. From political conflicts and familial in-fighting; forbidden love affairs and clandestine marriages; bloody battles and sieges; fear of plague and sudden death; friendships and animosity; childbirth and child mortality, Margaret's letters provide us with unparalleled insight into all aspects of life in late medieval England.
Diane Watt is a world expert on medieval women's writing, and God's Own Gentlewoman explores how Margaret's personal archive provides an insight into her activities, experiences, emotions and relationships and the life of a medieval woman who was at times absorbed by the mundane and domestic, but who also found herself caught up in the most extraordinary situations and events.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781837731664
Publisher:	Icon Books, Ltd. UK
Publication date:	08/15/2024
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Diane Watt is an award-winning academic and writer. She is the author of Secretaries of God, Medieval Women's Writing, and Women, Writing and Religion. Diane was born and brought up on the west coast of Scotland, and as a child spent her holidays visiting her grandmother in County Durham and aunts and cousins in North Yorkshire. More recently, during the university vacations, she has enjoyed travelling around Norfolk with her wife and their three dogs in search of Margaret Paston.
Secretaries of God, Medieval Women's Writing, and Women, Writing and Religion. Diane was born and brought up on the west coast of Scotland, and as a child spent her holidays visiting her grandmother in County Durham and aunts and cousins in North Yorkshire. More recently, during the university vacations, she has enjoyed travelling around Norfolk with her wife and their three dogs in search of Margaret Paston.