Shulamith Shahar (Israel Tel Aviv University)

Growing Old in the Middle Ages

'Winter Clothes Us in Shadow and Pain'

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This study draws a comprehensive picture of medieval old age in western Europe, combining primary sources and secondary litrature to produce a broad cultural history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juni 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 158mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 416g
• ISBN-13: 9780415333603
• ISBN-10: 0415333601
• Artikelnr.: 20970125

Autorenporträt

Shulamith Shahar, Translated from the Hebrew by Yael Lotan

Inhaltsangabe

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