ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 4|32 pages
Ageing and well-being in early modern England
Pension trends and gender preferences under the English Old Poor Law c. 1650–1800
chapter 5|14 pages
Balancing social and cultural approaches to the history of old age and ageing in Europe
A review and an example from post- Revolutionary France
