A social history of disability in the middle ages : cultural considerations of physical impairment / / Irina Metzler

• Autore: Metzler Irina <1966-, >
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (347 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.9/080940902
• Soggetto topico: People with disabilities - History - Medieval, 500-1500; People with disabilities - Legal status, laws, etc - History - Medieval, 500-1500; Social history - Medieval, 500-1500
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Law -- Work -- Ageing -- Charity -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: A social history of disability in the middle ages
• ISBN: 1-136-77823-3; 0-203-37116-X; 1-299-28029-3; 1-136-77816-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910792063703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge studies in cultural history ; ; 20.