This collection of letters, diaries, and papers not only follows the trials and tribulations of the Paston family through three generations, but also reveals a wealth of information about manners, lifestyles and attitudes of ordinary middle-class people in the late Middle Ages.

This collection of letters, diaries, and papers not only follows the trials and tribulations of the Paston family through three generations, but also reveals a wealth of information about manners, lifestyles and attitudes of ordinary middle-class people in the late Middle Ages.