ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The Paston Letters is a collection of correspondence between members of the Paston family of Norfolk gentry and others connected with them in England between the years 1422 and 1509. The collection also includes state papers and other important documents.

Detailed explanation-2: -The purpose is to reveal, through the close examination of these terms, some aspects of the land owning system and the status of farm workers in the 15th century England. The Paston Letters and Papers are the collection of the private letters written by and to the three generations of the Paston family.

Detailed explanation-3: -Paston Letters, the largest surviving collection of 15th-century English correspondence. It is invaluable to historians and philologists and is preserved mainly in the British Museum. Part is derived from the circle of the career soldier Sir John Fastolf (c.

Detailed explanation-4: -The letters chart the family’s many triumphs, trials and misfortunes during the turbulent period known today as the Wars of the Roses, and offer a unique insight into daily life in the late Middle Ages.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Paston family are today probably most famous for the letters which they wrote to each other between 1418 and 1509. Over 1000 letters from that period were found at Oxnead in 1735. They are the only known collection of personal letters from that period written in English.