IMC 2021: Sessions
Session 2008: Growing Old in the Middle Ages: A Gendered Perspective
Friday 9 July 2021, 09.00-10.30
Sponsor: | Anthropologie historique du long Moyen Âge (AHLOMA), École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris / Projecte Senecta, Universitat de Barcelona |
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Organiser: | Laura Cayrol Bernardo, Universidad de Oviedo |
Moderator/Chair: | Laura Cayrol Bernardo, Universidad de Oviedo |
Paper 2008-a | Too Old to Work: The End of Working Life in Medieval Catalonia (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Daily Life, Gender Studies, Social History |
Paper 2008-b | Gender, Old Age, Disability, and Religiosity: The Intersectionality Invoked by Petitioners to Contravene Christian Prescriptions (Language: English) Index terms: Canon Law, Gender Studies, Religious Life, Social History |
Paper 2008-c | The 'Suitable Age': Elderly Nuns and Ageing in Iberian Female Monasteries, c. 12th-16th Centuries (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Monasticism, Religious Life, Social History |
Abstract | Over the last few decades, studies on the biological, economic, social, psychological, and cultural aspects of old age have multiplied, due to current debate on ageing in western populations and its impact in our societies. However, despite the vast possibilities in social sciences to develop this topic of research, the subject still has not received the attention it deserves. This is particularly true when it comes to gender studies. This session aims to analyse different attitudes about ageing and old age in Medieval Western Europe, bearing in mind how these affected both men and women. |