Thijs Porck

Old Age in Early Medieval England

A Cultural History

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First full-length study of the notion and concept of old age in early medieval England.

Produktdetails

• Anglo-Saxon Studies
• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781783276349
• ISBN-10: 1783276347
• Artikelnr.: 61446600

Autorenporträt

Thijs Porck is University Lecturer in Medieval English at Leiden University. He has published on Old English textual criticism, Beowulf, old age, medievalism, and J. R. R. Tolkien.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Definitions of Old Age Merits of Old Age Drawbacks of Old Age
frode fyrnwitan: Old Saints in Anglo-Saxon Hagiography hare hilderincas:
Old Warriors in Anglo-Saxon England ealde eðelweardas: Beowulf as a Mirror
of Elderly Kings gamole geomeowlan: Old Women in Anglo-Saxon England
Conclusion Bibliography