At the end of the twentieth century more people are living into their seventies, eighties, nineties and beyond, a process expected to continue well into the nex

Seven contributors examine how the best thinkers and artists of each historical epoch in the West have treated old age. Full of surprising and fascinating facts

Minois concludes with comments on the most recent turn in this long and complex history--the emotional debate over euthanasia, assisted suicide, and the right t

"Explores the representation of old age in Elizabethan England."--BLACKWELL'S.

History of Old Age is the first major study of the ways in which old age has been perceived in western culture throughout history. Georges Minois paints a vast