But while they were discouraged from expressing their feelings in daily life, letters written by elite women of the medieval period are a rich source of information about their emotions.

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The newspaper "Público" reported on the matter. The case was solved because one of the medieval letters was put up for sale online. The seller was unaware that the document originated from the ...

God’s Own Gentlewoman is a biography of the late medieval landowner, housewife and letter writer, Margaret Paston. Born just over six centuries ago in rural Norfolk to a well-off family, Margaret was ...