Article ID: CBB071251381

The Idea of Deafness as Disability in Renaissance Germany (2023)

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This essay assesses the degree to which the deaf were regarded as a disabled population in medical, religious, and legal thought during the Renaissance, chronologically identified with the period between approximately 1500 and 1650. The primary geographic focus rests on the German-speaking lands of central Europe. Analysis shows that the idea of deafness as a disability here was composite one, making connections between inability to hear and intellectual impairment, moral deficiency, and disease. This contrasts with recent findings elsewhere in Europe, where intellectuals were more focused on sign languages as a means of integrating the deaf into hearing society.

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Authors & Contributors
Virdi-Dhesi, Jaipreet
Schmidt, Marion
Aicardi, Christine
Blume, Stuart S.
Boster, Dea H.
Buton, François
Journals
Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte
History of Education
History of Psychology
History of Science
Journal of Medical Biography
Journal of the History of the Neurosciences
Publishers
Manchester University Press
Cambridge University Press
Cornell University Press
New York University Press
Rutgers University Press
Simon & Schuster
Concepts
Disabilities; disability; accessibility
Deafness
Medicine
Disability technology
Education
Auditory perception
People
Bell, Alexander Graham
Gall, Franz Joseph
Heider, Fritz
Koffka, Kurt
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
18th century
20th century, early
Modern
20th century, late
Places
United States
France
Germany
Paris (France)
Rome (Italy)
Soviet Union
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