ISBN:
9780415822596
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (347 p)
Series Statement:
Routledge Studies in Cultural History
Series Statement:
Routledge Studies in Cultural History Ser. v.14
Parallel Title:
Print version A Social History of Disability in the Middle Ages: Cultural Considerations of Physical Impairment
DDC:
305.9080902
Keywords:
People with disabilities - Legal status, laws, etc - History - Medieval, 500-1500
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
What was it like to be disabled in the Middle Ages? How did people become disabled? Did welfare support exist? This book discusses social and cultural factors affecting the lives of medieval crippled, deaf, mute and blind people, those nowadays collectively called ""disabled."" Although the word did not exist then, many of the experiences disabled people might have today can already be traced back to medieval social institutions and cultural attitudes.This volume informs our knowledge of the topic by investigating the impact medieval laws had on the social position of disabled people
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; A Social History of Disability in the Middle Ages: Cultural Considerations of Physical Impairment; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1 Law; 2 Work; 3 Ageing; 4 Charity; Conclusion; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
