[MR] BBC: Paston Letters "Valentine"

[Marybeth Lavrakas]

BTW, I was always amused by the difference in 15/16th C phrasing when it came to arranging marriages. One didn't speak of selling one's daughter in marriage...you bought her a husband...and sold off your son!

Kateryn Rous

--- On Mon, 2/14/11, Karen <karen_larsdatter at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Karen <karen_larsdatter at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [MR] BBC: Paston Letters "Valentine"
To: "The Merry Rose" <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
Date: Monday, February 14, 2011, 11:05 AM

For what it's worth, you can read the text of Margery's "valentine" letters 
(there are actually two) at
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=cme;idno=Paston;rgn=div2;view=text;cc=cme;node=Paston%3A14.1

and
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=cme;idno=Paston;rgn=div2;view=text;cc=cme;node=Paston%3A14.2

 
 
 
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