sheehan michael m ed (1 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. 1990. xi, 228pp. Contents: 1 The Care and Extension of Old Age in Medieval Medicine; 2 Study of Aging in the Arts Faculty of the Universities of Paris and Oxford; 3 Honour the Hoary Head: The Aged in the Medieval European Jewish Community; 4 So Teach Us to Number Our Days: A Theology of Longevity in Jewish Exegetical Literature; 5 Aging and the Desert Fathers: The Process Reversed; 6 Beyond the Topos of Senescence: The Political Problems of Aged Carolingian Rulers; 7 Old English Words for Old; 8 Figures of Old Age in Fourteenth-Century English Literature; 9 How Many of the Population Were Aged?; 10 Age-Related Data from the Templar Trials; 11 Age, Property, and Career in Medieval Society; 12 Three Medieval Widows and a Second Career; 13 Retirement and the Life Cycle in Fifteenth-Century England; 14 The Quest for Security in Medieval England. Minor shelf wear to covers. The book is otherwise in excellent condition with no inscriptions, and all contents are tight and clean.