1st Edition

The History of Old Age in England, 1600-1800, Part I Vol 3

    What did it mean to be old in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century England? This eight-volume edition brings together selections from medical treatises, sermons, legal documents, parish records, almshouse accounts, private letters, diaries and ballads, to investigate cultural and medical understanding of old age in pre-industrial England.

    Volume 3 Intergenerational Relations in the Seventeenth Century Introduction Conduct Books [ James Cleland], The Scottish Academie, or Institution of a Young Noble-Man (1611) Matthew Griffith, Bethel: or, A Forme for Families (1633) Daniel Touteville, St. Pauls Threefold Cord (1635) Richard Baxter, Compassionate Counsel to All Young Men (1681) James Kirkwood, A New Family-Book; or, The True Interest of Families, 2nd edn (1693) James Kirkwood, Advice to Children, bound with A New Family-Book; or, The True Interest of Families, 2nd edn (1693) Letters and Personal Correspondence The Right Honorable Richard Earle of Carbery his Advice to his Sonn (1651) Sir Francis Fane, Commonplace Book (1655/6) Books, Essays and Pamphlets A Twofold Treatise (1632) A Spiritual Journey of a Young Man (1659) Ballads and Pamphlets The Unnatural Grand Mother (1659) The Old Mans Complaint against his Wretched Son ([1658–64]) The Fathers Good Counsel to his Lascivious Son ([1670]) The Ungrateful Son ([c. 1672]) A Hundred Godly Lessons ([1674–9]) A MosTh excellent Ballad of an Old Man and his Wife ([1678–81]) The True Lovers Happiness or, Nothing Venture, Nothing Have ([1692]) The Unfortunate Couple; or, The Unkind Father ([c. 1700]) Editorial Notes

    Biography

    Lynn Botelho, Susannah R Ottaway, Anne Kugler