Old Age in the Old Regime
Author : David G. Troyansky
Publisher :
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 33,59 MB
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : David G. Troyansky
Publisher :
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 33,59 MB
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : Alexis de Tocqueville
Publisher :
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 20,43 MB
Release : 1856
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : David Troyansky
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 26,86 MB
Release : 2019-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1501746367
This book explores a dramatic change in French attitudes toward aging and the aged in the eighteenth century from one extreme of ridicule and neglect to another of respect and care.
Author : Albrecht Classen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 585 pages
File Size : 14,2 MB
Release : 2012-02-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 3110925990
After an extensive introduction that takes stock of the relevant research literature on Old Age in the Middle Ages and the early modern age, the contributors discuss the phenomenon of old age in many different fields of late antique, medieval, and early modern literature, history, and art history. Both Beowulf and the Hildebrandslied, both Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival and Titurel, both the figure of Merlin and the trans-European tradition of Perceval/Peredur/Parzival, then the figure of the vetula in a variety of medieval French, English, and Spanish texts, and of the Old Man in The Stricker's Daniel, both the treatment of old age in Langland's Piers the Plowman and in Jean Gerson's sermons are dealt with. Other aspects involve late-antique epistolary literature, early modern French farce in light of Disability Studies, the social role of old, impotent men in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Netherlandish paintings, and the scientific discourse of old age and health since the 1500s. The discourse of Old Age proves to have been of central importance throughout the ages, so the critical examination of the issues involved sheds intriguing light on the cultural history from late antiquity to the seventeenth century.
Author : Paul Johnson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 48,49 MB
Release : 2002-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1134711239
Based on themes such as status and welfare, Old Age from Antiquity to Post-Modernity examines the role of the elderly in history. This empirical study represents a substantial contribution to both the historical understanding of old age in past societies as well as the discussion of the contribution of post-modernism to historical scholarship.
Author : Pat Thane
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 34,22 MB
Release : 2000-05-11
Category : History
ISBN : 0191542172
At the end of the twentieth century more people are living into their seventies, eighties, nineties and beyond, a process expected to continue well into the next millennium. The twentieth century has achieved what people in other centuries only dreamed of: many can now expect to survive to old age in reasonably good health and can remain active and independent to the end, in contrast to the high death rate, ill health and destitution which affected all ages in the past. Yet this change is generally greeted not with triumph but with alarm. It is assumed that the longer people live, the longer they are ill and dependent, thus burdening a shrinking younger generation with the cost of pensions and health care. It is also widely believed that 'the past' saw few survivors into old age and these could be supported by their families without involving the taxpayer. In this first survey of old age throughout English history, these assumptions are challenged. Vivid pictures are given of the ways in which very large numbers of older people lived often vigorous and independent lives over many centuries. The book argues that old people have always been highly visible in English communities, and concludes that as people live longer due to the benefits of the rise in living standards, far from being 'burdens' they can be valuable contributors to their family and friends.
Author : Tim G. Parkin
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 15,92 MB
Release : 2003-05-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780801871283
"Noting that privileges granted to the aged generally took the form of exemptions from duties rather than positive benefits, Tim Parkin argues that the elderly were granted no privileged status or guaranteed social role. At the same time, they were permitted - and expected - to continue to participate actively in society for as long as they were able."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Carole Haber
Publisher :
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 12,80 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Social Science
ISBN :
Author : William Doyle
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 18,6 MB
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 0199291209
An exploration of current scholarly thinking about the wide and surprisingly complex range of historical problems associated with the study of Ancien Régime Europe
Author : Stephen Katz
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 18,62 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Gerontology
ISBN : 9780813916620
The conference was organized cooperatively with the Surface Engineering Division of the ASM, and as part of Materials Week, and so was attended by a wider range of scientists from academia and engineers from industry than usual. Funding cuts affecting travel budgets in many institutions however, reduced the overall number; those who were not able to attend can begin saving for the proceedings. The 43 papers cover ultrahard coatings, surface treatment and alternative processes, corrosion resistant coatings, characterizing coatings, the surface engineering of powders, laser processing, vapor deposition and plasma methods, and thermal spray coating and coatings for composites. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR