Old Age in Late Medieval England

by Joel Thomas Rosenthal and Joel T. Rosenthal

In Old Age in Late Medieval England, Joel T. Rosenthal explores the life spans, sustained activities, behaviors, and mentalites of the individuals who approached and who passed the biblically stipulated span of three score and ten in late medieval England. Drawing on a wide variety of documentary and court records (which were, however, more likely to specify with precision an individual's age on reaching majority or inheriting property than...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812233557
• ISBN13: 9780812233551
• Release Date: August 1996
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"