England's Mail. Two millennia of letter writing

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Deals with the movement / delivery of letter post in England, mostly in the medieval and early modern periods, but also touches on the nature of letter content. 'This book discusses letters, those who carried them, and the nature of distribution, being three meanings of the work 'post'. It show that the postal service established throughout England by the medieval kings continued until 1635 when it was officially extended to the public, thus starting its amalgamation with the other services'. Chapters include: 'From the Romans to the Norman Conquest'; 'The Royal Mail in the middle ages'; 'Medieval highways and travellers'; 'The medieval and Tudor church - early letters in English'; 'Medieval towns, correspondence and messengers'; 'Fifteenth century letters'; 'The carriers from the Conquest to the Stuarts'; 'The organisation of the Tudor post at home and abroad'; 'Carrying the Tudor royal and merchant mail'; 'Tudor roads and postal routes'; 'Sixteenth century letters'; 'The organisation of a national postal service'