Disability and the Tudors
Vincent-Connolly, Phillipa2019
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Throughout history, how a society treated its disabled and infirm can tell us a great deal about the period. Challenged with any impairment, disease or frailty was often a matter of life and death before the advent of modern medicine, so how did a society support the disabled amongst them? For centuries, disabled people and their history have been overlooked. Very little on the infirm and mentally ill was written down during the renaissance period. The Tudor period is no exception, and presents a complex story and unparalleled. From the nobility to the lowest of society, Phillipa Connolly casts a light on the lives of disabled people in Tudor England and guides us through the social, religious, cultural, and ruling classes' response to disability as it was then perceived.
Main title:
Disability and the Tudors / Phillipa Vincent Connolly.
Author:
Vincent-Connolly, Phillipa, author
Imprint:
Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword History, 2019.
Collation:
256 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781526720054 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
305.908094
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2233037