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  • The aged in the French population: Numbers and meanings
  • A new presence: Images of the aged in art
  • From ridicule to respect: Literary discourses on old age
  • From Augustinian retreat to Ciceronian retirement: Religious and secular views
  • Reaching old age: Scientific and medical thought
  • The social context: The aged in the rural family
  • The aged, the city, and the hospital-- A practical enlightenment and a deferential revolution.