Growing old in Byzantium: the construction of ageing in twelfth-century literary and visual culture
<p>Byzantium in the twelfth century was a society in which diverse images of the elderly existed simultaneously. This thesis analyses the multiple meanings of growing old in this period of Byzantine history, painting a nuanced picture of the ideas and associations that underpinned the many con...
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| Language: | English |
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2023
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