A social history of disability in the Middle Ages: cultural considerations of physical impairment

Dustin Galer

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Disability Rights and Representation Medieval Literature and History Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies

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What was it like to be physically disabled in the Middle Ages? Some archetypes immediately spring to mind: the blind beggar rattling a tin cup while shouting ‘Alms for the poor!’; the shrouded lepr...

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