LEADER 03084oam 2200637I 450 001 9910779947203321 005 20230207222946.0 010 $a1-134-76856-7 010 $a1-134-76857-5 010 $a1-280-32445-7 010 $a0-203-21110-3 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203211106 035 $a(CKB)111056485528188 035 $a(EBL)168962 035 $a(OCoLC)51023325 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000165989 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11156374 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000165989 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10144824 035 $a(PQKB)11315016 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC168962 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL168962 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10058147 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL32445 035 $a(OCoLC)252784171 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056485528188 100 $a20180331d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGrowing old in the Middle Ages $e'winter clothes us in shadow and pain' /$fShulamith Shahar ; translated from the Hebrew by Yael Lotan 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2004. 215 $a1 online resource (254 p.) 300 $a"First published in Hebrew by Dvir Publishing House, Tel-Aviv, in 1995; English edition first published 1997."--T.p. verso. 311 $a0-415-33360-1 311 $a0-415-14126-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 217-234) and index. 327 $aBook Cover; Title; Contents; INTRODUCTION: On the history of old age in Medieval Europe; WHO WERE THE OLD IN THE MIDDLE AGES?; THE OLD BODY; TRANSCENDING AGE, TRANSCENDING THE BODY; WHO AND WHAT IS AN OLD MAN, AND HOW HE SHOULD CONDUCT HIMSELF; 'HONOUR THY FATHER AND THY MOTHER'; CHURCHMEN IN THEIR OLD AGE; OLD AGE IN THE RANKS OF THE RULERS AND SOLDIERS; OLD AGE IN URBAN SOCIETY; OLD AGE IN THE PEASANTRY; THE OLD AND THE CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS; Postscript; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aThe social realities of old age have undergone profound changes since the middle ages. This study shows, however, that the images, attitudes and expectations of old people have changed for less.Shulamith Shahar shows how the status and social participation of the elderly varied according to gender, social stratum, economic resources, position, level of functioning, and personality, as well as according to regional custom.The book offers a broad cultural history of old age in medieval western Europe. Shahar examines the images, attitudes and advocated norms used in relation 606 $aOlder people$zEurope$xHistory 606 $aAging$xSocial aspects$zEurope$xHistory 606 $aSocial history$yMedieval, 500-1500 615 0$aOlder people$xHistory. 615 0$aAging$xSocial aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aSocial history 676 $a305.26/094 700 $aShahar$b Shulamith.$01509947 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779947203321 996 $aGrowing old in the Middle Ages$93803788 997 $aUNINA