Plumpton Letters and Papers

Klappentext This 1996 volume in the Royal Historical Society's Camden Fifth Series is a comprehensive edition of the only surviving northern medieval letter collection. Zusammenfassung This volume in the Royal Historical Society's Camden Fifth Series is a comprehensive edition of the only surviving northern medieval letter collection. Of particular value to social and legal historians! Joan Kirby's text contains a wealth of material unavailable to the editor of the previous edition of 1836. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Sir William Plumpton; 2. Sir Robert Plumpton; 3. The Plumpton inheritance; 4. The Babthorpe inheritance; 5. The manuscripts; 6. The Plumpton Coucher book; 7. Editorial method; 8. Sir Edward Plumpton's letter book, Nos 1-252; Appendix I. Transcripts of selected documents from the Plumpton Coucher book and other sources, Nos 1-9; Appendix II. Calendar of selected documents from the Plumpton Coucher book and other sources, Nos 1-88; Appendix III. Biographical notes; Index.

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• Authors: Joan Kirby
• Assisted by: Joan Kirby (Editor), Kirby Joan (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.09.2011
• EAN: 9781107403291
• ISBN: 978-1-107-40329-1
• No. of pages: 384
• Series: Camden Fifth; Camden Fifth Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; England, CE period up to c 1500, British & Irish history, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval