Groing Old among the Anlo-Saxons. The cultural Conceptualisation of Old Age in Early Medieval England.  -  PORCK, Th.,

KORTE INHOUD

Private Presses, 2016, X,311p. Theses. Paperback. Very few pencil markings. Diss. Universiteit Leiden. 'This PhD dissertation comprises a detailed study of the Anglo-Saxon cultural conceptualisation of old age as manifested and reflected by words, texts and artwork of the inhabitants of early medieval England. While prior studies identified the Middle Ages as a ‘golden age for the elderly’, this dissertation offers a more complete and nuanced picture of how people considered old age over a thousand years a...
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