Medeival Family Life: the Paston, Celys, Stonor, Plumpton and Armburgh Papers.(Book review)

MEDEIVAL FAMILY LIFE: THE PASTON, CELYS, STONOR, PLUMPTON AND ARMBURGH PAPERS Adam Matthew Digital, www.amdigital.co.uk/collections/

CONTENT Medieval Family Life (MFL) is a collection of manuscripts dating from approximately 1400 to the 20th century. The collection, created from source material from the British Library, Chetham's Library, the National Archives, and the West Yorkshire Archives, consists of the Paston Family Papers, the Celys Family Papers, the Plumpton Correspondence, the Stonor Correspondence, and the Armburgh Family Papers (represented by the "Armburgh Roll," a single parchment roll written on both sides in ink); these include the only surviving family letter collections from the medieval period in England.

The manuscripts reveal the details of medieval life in the areas of business and trade, politics, community, family affairs, and relationships. Transcripts of the …