A Social History of Disability in the Middle Ages: Cultural Considerations of Physical Impairment

This book covers the social history of disability in the Middle Ages. By exploring cultural discourses of medieval disability, the volume opens up the subject of disability history prior to the modern period. The wealth, variety and significance of sources inform how law, work, age and charity affected medieval disability.

Author: Irina Metzler
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 09/16/2015
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.72d
ISBN: 9781138952386

About the Author

Irina Metzler studied Classical and Medieval History, gaining a doctorate from the University of Reading, honorary research affiliations with the universities of Bristol and Swansea, and was awarded a Wellcome Trust fellowship (2012). She has published widely on cultural, religious and social aspects of disability in the European Middle Ages.