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Punishment --- Capital punishment --- Historiography --- History. --- Punishment - Rome - History. --- Capital punishment - Rome - History. --- Historiography - Rome. --- PEINE DE MORT --- ROME --- HISTOIRE --- 753- 510 AV. J.-C.

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Recent research into old age and dying in the premodern world has examined not only the demographic aspects of ageing populations but also the social role of aged people. Nonetheless, there has usually been a neglect of the end of life and attitudes towards death and memory. These topics have seldom been discussed in the same volume. The end of life evokes questions. What does it mean to grow old? What happens when one dies? How does one cope with old age and death? These questions were as relevant for individuals and societies in earlier periods as they are in the present. The aim of this collection of articles is to cross the boundaries that have traditionally isolated different time periods and scholarly disciplines from each other. The volume focuses on aging, old age, and death from Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages. The purpose of this book is to approach these themes from an interdisciplinary point of view in the longue durée. Instead of concentrating solely on demographic issues it takes a much broader view, considering attitudes towards ageing, dying, death, and memory. The volume, with its diverse topics, cuts across traditional scholarly barriers and will provide valuable analytical tools for further studies on the subject.

Old age --- Old age in literature --- Older people --- Death --- Death in literature --- Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient --- Funeral rites and ceremonies, Medieval --- Civilization, Classical --- Civilization, Greco-Roman --- Civilization, Medieval --- Vieillesse --- Vieillesse dans la littérature --- Personnes âgées --- Mort --- Mort dans la littérature --- Funérailles --- Civilisation ancienne --- Civilisation gréco-romaine --- Civilisation médiévale --- History --- Social aspects --- Histoire --- Aspect social --- Rites et cérémonies --- Rites et cérémonies médiévaux --- Civilization, Greco-Roman. --- Old age in literature. --- Death in literature. --- History of civilization --- anno 500-1499 --- Antiquity --- History. --- Civilization, Classical. --- Civilization, Medieval. --- Attitudes --- Europe --- To 1500 --- Cross-cultural studies --- Congresses --- Funeral rites and ceremonies [Ancient ] --- Funeral rites and ceremonies [Medieval] --- Civilization [Classical ] --- Civilization [Greco-Roman ] --- Civilization [Medieval ] --- Dying --- End of life --- Life --- Terminal care --- Terminally ill --- Thanatology --- Philosophy

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Children --- Children --- Children in art --- Children in literature --- Enfants --- Enfants --- Enfants dans l'art --- Enfants dans la littérature --- History. --- Social conditions --- Histoire --- Conditions sociales --- Europe --- Europe --- Social conditions --- Conditions sociales

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Amitié --- 177.62 --- Philosophy & psychology Friendship --- Amitié --- Friendship --- Social networks --- Réseaux sociaux --- History --- Congresses --- Histoire --- Congrès

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This volume discusses infirmitas (’infirmity’ or ’weakness’) in ancient and medieval societies. It concentrates on the cultural, social and domestic aspects of physical and mental illness, impairment and health, and also examines frailty as a more abstract, cultural construct. It seeks to widen our understanding of how physical and mental well-being and weakness were understood and constructed in the longue durée from antiquity to the Middle Ages. The chapters are written by experts from a variety of disciplines, including archaeology, art history and philology, and pay particular attention to the differences of experience due to gender, age and social status. The book opens with chapters on the more theoretical aspects of pre-modern infirmity and disability, moving on to discuss different types of mental and cultural infirmities, including those with positive connotations, such as medieval stigmata. The last section of the book discusses infirmity in everyday life from the perspective of healing, medicine and care.

Ancient history --- History of civilization --- Sociology of health --- History of human medicine --- History of Europe --- anno 500-1499 --- Antiquity --- People with disabilities --- People with mental disabilities --- Alternative medicine. --- Civilization, Classical. --- Civilization, Medieval. --- Handicapés --- Handicapés mentaux --- Médecines parallèles --- Civilisation ancienne --- Civilisation médiévale --- History --- Histoire --- Europe --- History. --- Alternative medicine --- Civilization, Classical --- Civilization, Medieval --- Handicapés --- Handicapés mentaux --- Médecines parallèles --- Civilisation médiévale --- People with disabilities - History - To 1500 --- People with mental disabilities - History - To 1500 --- Maladie --- Europe - History