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Growing old in the Middle Ages : 'winter clothes us in shadow and pain' /

Main Author: Shahar, Shulamith.
Format: Book
Language:English
Hebrew
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.
Subjects:
Older people > History. > Europe
Aging > Social aspects > Europe > History.
Social history > Medieval, 500-1500.
Personnes âgées > Histoire. > Europe
Vieillissement > Aspect social > Europe > Histoire.
Histoire sociale > 500-1500 (Moyen Âge)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gerontology.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Aging.
Aging > Social aspects.
Older people.
Social history > Medieval.
Bejaarden.
Europe.
West-Europa.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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