A Social History of Disability in the Middle Ages: Cultural Considerations of Physical Impairment (Routledge Studies in Cultural History) by Irina Metzler
English | 12 Apr. 2013 | ISBN: 0415822599 | 346 Pages | PDF | 3 MB
English | 12 Apr. 2013 | ISBN: 0415822599 | 346 Pages | PDF | 3 MB
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."