Да остраееш по английски: грижа за възрастните в средновековна Англия (ХIII–ХV в.)
To Grow Old Like the English Did: Cares for the Elderly in Medieval England (the 13th –15th centuries)
Author(s): Nadezhda HristovaSubject(s): History, Cultural history, Economic history, Social history, Gender history, Middle Ages, 6th to 12th Centuries, 13th to 14th Centuries, 15th Century
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”
Keywords: retirement; old age; elderly people; pension; guild bylaws; corrody.
Summary/Abstract: This paper aims at presenting the social and legal practices established in England during the Middle Ages, which guaranteed the elderly in need among the urban population that they would spend their old age in peace and relative ease. The research is based on data from bylaws of guilds and religious fraternities, monastery cartularies, town and court registers.
Journal: Епохи
- Issue Year: XXII/2014
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 161-171
- Page Count: 11
- Language: Bulgarian