Disabilities and the disabled in the Roman world: a social and cultural history

"Almost fifteen percent of the world's population today experiences some form of mental or physical disability and society tries to accommodate their needs. But what was the situation in the Roman world? Was there a concept of disability? How were the disabled treated? How did they manage...

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1. Verfasser: Laes, Christian 1973- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Dutch
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, United Kingdom Cambridge University Press 2021
Ausgabe:First paperback edition
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Zusammenfassung:"Almost fifteen percent of the world's population today experiences some form of mental or physical disability and society tries to accommodate their needs. But what was the situation in the Roman world? Was there a concept of disability? How were the disabled treated? How did they manage in their daily lives? What answers did medical doctors, philosophers and patristic writers give for their problems? This book, the first monograph on the subject in English, explores the medical and material contexts for disability in the ancient world, and discusses the chances of survival for those who were born with a handicap. It covers the various sorts of disability: mental problems, blindness, deafness and deaf-muteness, speech impairment and mobility impairment, and includes discussions of famous instances of disability from the ancient world, such as the madness of Emperor Caligula, the stuttering of Emperor Claudius and the blindness of Homer"--
Beschreibung:Translation of: Beperkt : Gehandicapten in het Romeinse Rijk. Davidsfonds Uitgeverij, Leuven, 2014. - Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:xi, 238 Seiten 24 cm
ISBN:9781316615010
1316615014

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