'I SHALLE SEND WORD IN WRITING': LEXICAL CHOICES AND LEGAL ACUMEN IN THE LETTERS OF MARGARET PASTON

Medium Ævum ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 77 (2) ◽  
pp. 241 ◽  
Author(s):  
SPEDDING
Keyword(s):  
Margaret Paston

scholarly journals La retórica de deudas, vínculos y deberes en algunas cartas de mujeres medievales

Medievalia ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 261
Author(s):  
Pilar Valero-Costa
Keyword(s):  
Margaret Paston

El artículo analiza los temas y las estrategias retóricas de escritura de cartas escritas, o dictadas, por mujeres medievales, motivadas por la ausencia o distancia del esposo o del amante. El trabajo analiza tres conjuntos de cartas, las de Héloise, una de las grandes abadesas del siglo XII, que sufre el descuido de su esposo, el filósofo Pierre Abélard; las de Sereneta, barcelonesa burguesa, que requiere constantemente la presencia de su marido Ramon de Tous; empleado de la condesa de Xérica en el siglo XIV; y el de Margaret Paston, perteneciente a una familia reconocida de Inglaterra en el siglo XV, cabeza del hogar en ausencia de su esposo John. El análisis se limita al examen textual del concepto del deber entre esposos, y los recursos retóricos empleados por estas tres mujeres en la interacción con el ausente. Además de su interés intrínseco, las cartas ayudan, sin duda, a reconstruir las costumbres, el pensamiento y las relaciones humanas de aquel momento.

Text in context

2004 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johanna L. Wood
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Fifteenth Century ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Discursive Practices ◽  
Her Family ◽  
Production Distribution ◽  
New Methodologies ◽  
Margaret Paston

This paper analyses lexical features in letters written to and by Margaret Paston, using Fairclough’s (1992) three-dimensional framework for discourse analysis. Historical pragmatics, as a relatively new field, is open to the development of new methodologies and the adaptation of established ones. Although Fairclough’s methodology is intended as a systematic way of approaching modern text, it is shown to be relevant and useful in historical work. The letters are analysed in context, with reference to the discursive practices (production, distribution, and consumption of text) and social practices of the fifteenth century. The analysis shows that Margaret occupies a powerful position within her family and the community.

Structures and expectations

2009 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johanna L. Wood
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Fifteenth Century ◽  
Frame Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Analysis Approach ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Model Based ◽  
Local Contexts ◽  
Margaret Paston

It is shown how a model based on a critical discourse analysis approach, in conjunction with frame analysis, offers a systematic way to analyse fifteenth-century letters. It is argued that in this framework all contexts are “local contexts”. Letters present particular difficulties because they are formulaic in certain parts and expressive in others. It is shown that this characteristic may be exploited to facilitate the identification of expressive text. It is further shown that variation in the formulae has a practical application. The formulaic parts of letters that scribes wrote for Margaret Paston may be compared with letters they wrote for themselves. This provides evidence that Margaret herself was responsible for the wording of her letters.

Margaret Paston

2016 ◽  
pp. 100-123
Author(s):  
H. S. Bennett
Keyword(s):  
Margaret Paston
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