Margaret Paston’s Piety

The New Middle Ages

by Joel T. Rosenthal

The collection of Margaret Paston’s letters and papers from fifteenth century England offer an invaluable example of daily life during that period. Drawing on a close reading of these personal letters, as well as Paston's will, this book reveals how popular religion was integrated into daily life.

238 pages, Hardcover

First published August 15, 2010

About the author

Joel T. Rosenthal is Professor Emeritus in the Dept of History at Stony Brook University, USA. He is the author of Old Age in Late Medieval England (1996).