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The Life-Cycle in Western Europe, C.1300-C.1500 (Paperback, New Ed)
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The Life-Cycle in Western Europe, C.1300-C.1500 (Paperback, New Ed)
Series: Manchester Medieval Studies
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This is the first study to examine the entire life cycle in the
Middle Ages. Drawing on a wide range of secondary and primary
material, the book explores the timing and experiences of infancy,
childhood, adolescence and youth, adulthood, old age and, finally,
death. It discusses attitudes towards ageing, rites of passage, age
stereotypes in operation, and the means by which age was used as a
form of social control, compelling individuals to work, govern,
marry and pay taxes. The wide scope of the study allows contrasts
and comparisons to be made across gender, social status and
geographical location. It considers whether men and women
experienced the ageing process in the same way, and examines the
differences that can be discerned between northern and southern
Europe. The fourteenth and fifteenth centuries suffered famine,
warfare, plague and population collapse. This fascinating
consideration of the life cycle adds a new dimension to the debate
over continuity and change in a period of social and demographic
upheaval. -- .
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