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Episode 138: Family Matters
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67 minutes
Released:
Jun 25, 2020
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In the 1400s, rising literacy rates and access to cheap paper combined to produce the first collections of personal letters in the English language. One of the earliest letter collections was maintained by the Paston family of Norfolk. Their letters … Continue reading →
Released:
Jun 25, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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