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Advice for (medieval) old age
Whether it was an abstemious, pious preparation for death or drinking gold in the quest for eternal life, those seeking advice on what best to do in their later years were never short of inspiration.
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Self-obsessing in the age of selfies
The tiny, joyful spark of a social media ‘like’ can lead to a damaging obsession. Find out how far people will go when their phone addiction gets the upper hand.
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Confession as therapy in the Middle Ages
The line between confession and counselling has been blurred for centuries.
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Guide dogs or good dogs from the Middle Ages
Medieval illustrations often show blind people, sometimes with dogs. But working out whether these were actually guide dogs involves a mix of detailed detective work and expert speculation.
Catalogue
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Youth prolonged : old age postponed / Robert Weale.
Weale, R. A. (Robert Alexander)Date: [2010], ©2010- Pictures
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The arts of Minerva reduce the power of Time to end life, but death from old age or from plague still exists. Engraving by G. Glover, 1639.
Glover, George, approximately 1618-Date: An. 1638Reference: 588622i- Books
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The Citizens' National Union : being an old age pension scheme revised & brought into line with the fiscal question of to-day / by John Tullis.
Tullis, John.Date: 1904- Books
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Report of the Royal Commission on the Aged Poor, appointed to consider whether any alterations in the system of Poor Law Relief are desirable, in the case of persons whose destitution is occasioned by incapacity for work resulting from old age, or whether assistance could otherwise be afforded in those cases. Vols I - III [Minutes of evidence taken before the Royal Commission on the Aged Poor. Days 1 to 26. Vol. II.-- Minutes of evidence taken before the Royal Commission on the Aged Poor. Days 27 to 48. With appendix and index. Vol. III.].
Great Britain. Royal Commission on the Aged Poor.Date: 1895- Books
The old king in his exile / Arno Geiger ; translated by Stefan Tobler.
Geiger, Arno, 1968-Date: 2017