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

About the Author

Shulamith Shahar, Translated from the Hebrew by Yael Lotan

Reviews

"'A judicious combination of direct use of primary sources and existing secondary literature... the first [book] to provide a well informed overview.' - Malcolm Barber, University of Reading 'This book offers important information on the Middle Ages that has been lacking until now... the author should be congratulated for a careful and elegant presentation of an important subject.' -Joyce E. Salisbury, University of Wisconsin"