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Old Age in Early Medieval England: A Cultural History

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Author(s): Thijs Porck
Series: Anglo-Saxon Studies, 33
Year: 2019

Language: English

Front cover
Contents
Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
1: Definitions of Old Age
2: Merits of Old Age
3: Drawbacks of Old Age
4: frode fyrnwitan: Old Saints in Anglo-Saxon Hagiography
5: hare hilderincas: Old Warriors in Anglo-Saxon England
6: ealde eðelweardas: Beowulf as a Mirror of Elderly Kings
Appendix: An elderly patron for Beowulf?
7: gamole geomeowlan: Old Women in Anglo-Saxon England
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index