Old Age in the Old Regime : Image and Experience in Eighteenth-Century France / David Troyansky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Troyansky, David, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Old age--France--History--18th century--Sources.

Old age.

Old age--France--Public opinion--History--18th century.

Older people--France--History--18th century.

Older people.

Public opinion--France--History--18th century.

Public opinion.

France.

West European History.

Local Subjects:

France.

West European History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.) : 12 b&w photographs, 2 illustrations, 12 tables, 4 graphs

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations, Figures, and Tables

Acknowledgments / Troyansky, David G.

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

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781501746369

1501746367

OCLC:

1129182658