Book of Donmon Teith

This volume discusses infirmitas (’infirmity’ or ’weakness’) in ancient and medieval societies. It concentrates on the cultural, social and domestic asp

This volume is a major contribution to the field of disability history in the ancient world. Contributions from leading international scholars examine deformity

The Middle Ages was an era of dynamic social transformation, and notions of disability in medieval culture reflected how norms and forms of embodiment interacte

Presents a powerful new vision of the history of science through the lens of disability studies. Disability has been a central—if unacknowledged—force in th

Kids Those Days is a collection of interdisciplinary research into medieval childhood. Contributors investigate abandonment and abuse, fosterage and guardianshi