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1. A Social History of Disability in the Middle Ages

   Cultural Considerations of Physical Impairment

   By Irina Metzler

   Series: Routledge Studies in Cultural History

   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...

   Published March 6th 2013 by Routledge
2. Disability in Medieval Europe

   Thinking about Physical Impairment in the High Middle Ages, c.1100–c.1400

   By Irina Metzler

   This impressive volume presents a thorough examination of all aspects of physical impairment and disability in medieval Europe. Examining a popular era that is of great interest to many historians and researchers, Irene Metzler presents a theoretical framework of disability and explores key areas...

   Published July 8th 2010 by Routledge