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The Ages of Man.

The Ages of Man.

A review article treating J. A. Burrow, The Ages of Man: A Study in Medieval Writing and Thought (Oxford: Clarendon, 1986) [see YLS 1 (1987): 176-77]; Mary Dove, The Perfect Age of Man’s Life (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986) [see YLS 2 (1988): 183]; and Elizabeth Sears, The Ages of Man: Medieval Interpretations of the Life Cycle (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1986).