This group gathers the diplomatic and political correspondence and the famous letter collections of the medieval and early modern world, from 1000 to 1699, among them the letters of Abelard and Heloise, the Paston family letters and the exchange between the kings of Sweden and Russia. A document belongs here when its cited article gives a date of writing inside this span. It excludes correspondence written earlier or later, which sits in the neighboring groups of the same kind, and it does not turn on how famous a letter became. Each member is placed by the date stated in the article cited for it.
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Diplomatic Correspondence and Secret Agreements of the Medieval and Early Modern World, 1000 to 1699
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Wikipedia: Camarão Indians' letters
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exchanged between Potiguara Indians during 1645
Wikipedia: Lisle Papers
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received in Calais between 1533 and 1540
Wikipedia: Correspondence between John III and Ivan IV
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The correspondence between John III of Sweden and Ivan IV of Russia, exchanged in 1572 and 1573 have a unique character and reveal an irreconcilable hatred between the two monarchs.
Wikipedia: Paston Letters
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The Paston Letters are a collection of correspondence between members of the Paston family of Norfolk gentry and others connected with them in England between the years 1422 and 1509.
Wikipedia: Letters of Abelard and Heloise
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The Letters of Abelard and Heloise (Latin: Epistolae Abaelardi et Heloisae) are two series of passionate and intellectual correspondence apparently written in Latin during the 12th century.
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