Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-164) and index.
Contents
Introduction. Three generations of women's letters ; Relationships between the female correspondents and the Paston family ; Calendar -- The letters. The letters and papers of Agnes Berry Paston ; The letters and papers of Elizabeth Paston Poynings or Browne ; The letters and papers of Margaret Mautby Paston ; The letters of Elizabeth Clere ; The letters of Dame Elizabeth Brews ; The letters of Cecily Daune and Constance Reynyforth ; The letters of Margery Brews Paston -- Interpretive essay. "In the absence of a good secretary": The letters, lives, and loves of the Paston women reconsidered.