Social Dimensions of Medieval Disease and Disability

by Christina Lee and Sally Crawford

The chronological and geographical focus of this volume is medieval northern Europe, from the 6th to the 15th centuries. The contributors examine the sometimes arbitrary social factors which resulted in people being deliberately, accidentally or temporarily categorised as 'disabled' within their society, in ways that are peculiar to the medieval period. Health and disease are not static and unchanging; they are subject to cultural construction, manipulation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 140731310X
• ISBN13: 9781407313108
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd
• Length: 86 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.3" x 11.7"