Growing old in the Middle Ages: 'winter clothes us in shadow and pain'
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1. Verfasser: Shahar, Shulamith (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London Routledge 1997
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-234) and index
Introduction: On the history of old age in Medieval Europe -- 1. Who Were the Old in the Middle Ages? -- 2. The Old Body -- 3. Transcending Age, Transcending the Body -- 4. Who and What Is an Old Man, and How He Should Conduct Himself -- 5. 'Honour Thy Father and Thy Mother' -- 6. Churchmen in Their Old Age -- 7. Old Age in the Ranks of the Rulers and Soldiers -- 8. Old Age in Urban Society -- 9. Old Age in the Peasantry -- 10. The Old and the Charitable Organizations
Shahar draws a comprehensive picture of medieval old age, describing how it was perceived by different groups in society. This timely overview is an invaluable contribution to the social history of the whole of medieval Europe
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (ix, 243 pages)
ISBN:0203211103
0203211227
0415141265
9780203211106
9780203211229
9780415141260

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