Fools and idiots? : intellectual disability in the Middle Ages / Irina Metzler.
| Author/creator | Metzler, Irina, 1966- author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016. |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Series | Disability history Disability history. ^A1154914 |
| Contents | Cover; Fools and Idiots?; Contents ; List of Figures ; Series editors' foreword ; Acknowledgements ; List of Abbreviations ; 1: Pre-/conceptions: problems of definition and historiography; 2: From morio to fool: semantics of intellectual disability ; 3: Cold complexions and moist humors: natural science and intellectual disability ; 4: The infantile and the irrational: mind, soul and intellectual disability ; 5: Non-consenting adults: laws and intellectual disability ; 6: Fools, pets and entertainers: socio-cultural considerations of intellectual disability. |
| Contents | 7: Reconsiderations: rationality, intelligence and human status Select bibliography ; Index. |
| Abstract | Combines modern and medieval approaches to intellectual disability, and engages with a very wide range of sources in order to fill a major gap in this relatively new field, and demonstrate that disability, illness and healthcare are embedded in daily life. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 4, 2016). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Metzler, Irina. Fools and idiots?: Intellectual disability in the Middle Ages. Cary : Manchester University Press, ©2015 9780719096365 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| ISBN | 9781784996802 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 1784996807 (electronic bk.) |
| Stock number | 22573/ctt19d4b08 JSTOR |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |