Old Age in the Old Regime : Image and Experience in Eighteenth-Century France /
Troyansky, David
Old Age in the Old Regime : Image and Experience in Eighteenth-Century France / David Troyansky. - 1 online resource (288 p.) : 12 b&w photographs, 2 illustrations, 12 tables, 4 graphs
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations, Figures, and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Aged in the French Population: Numbers and Meanings -- 2. A New Presence: Images of the Aged in Art -- 3. From Ridicule to Respect: Literary Discourses on Old Age -- 4. From Augustinian Retreat to Ciceronian Retirement: Religious and Secular Views -- 5. Reaching Old Age: Scientific and Medical Thought -- 6. The Social Context: The Aged in the Rural Family -- 7. The Aged, the City, and the Hospital -- 8. A Practical Enlightenment and a Deferential Revolution -- Conclusion -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
This book explores a dramatic change in French attitudes toward aging and the aged in the eighteenth century from one extreme of ridicule and neglect to another of respect and care.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781501746369
10.7591/9781501746369 doi
Old age--History--Sources.--France--18th century
Old age--Public opinion--History--France--18th century.
Older people--History--France--18th century.
Public opinion--History--France--18th century.
France.
History.
West European History.
HISTORY / Europe / France.
305.2/6/0944
Old Age in the Old Regime : Image and Experience in Eighteenth-Century France / David Troyansky. - 1 online resource (288 p.) : 12 b&w photographs, 2 illustrations, 12 tables, 4 graphs
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations, Figures, and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Aged in the French Population: Numbers and Meanings -- 2. A New Presence: Images of the Aged in Art -- 3. From Ridicule to Respect: Literary Discourses on Old Age -- 4. From Augustinian Retreat to Ciceronian Retirement: Religious and Secular Views -- 5. Reaching Old Age: Scientific and Medical Thought -- 6. The Social Context: The Aged in the Rural Family -- 7. The Aged, the City, and the Hospital -- 8. A Practical Enlightenment and a Deferential Revolution -- Conclusion -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
This book explores a dramatic change in French attitudes toward aging and the aged in the eighteenth century from one extreme of ridicule and neglect to another of respect and care.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781501746369
10.7591/9781501746369 doi
Old age--History--Sources.--France--18th century
Old age--Public opinion--History--France--18th century.
Older people--History--France--18th century.
Public opinion--History--France--18th century.
France.
History.
West European History.
HISTORY / Europe / France.
305.2/6/0944