History of Old Age (Paperback)

Preface

Introduction

1 The Middle East of Antiquity: The experience of old age between myth and history

2 The Hebraic World: From patriach to old man

3 The Greek World: `Sad Old Age'

4 The Roman World: The old man’s grandeur and decadence

5 The early Middle Ages: The old man as a symbol in Christian literature

6 The early Middle Ages: Indifference to age

7 XI and XIII centuries: The social and cultural diversification of old people

8 XIV-XV centuries: Assertion of the old

9 The XVI century: Humanists and courtiers versus old age

10 The XVI century: The real weight of the old

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography