Book ID: CBB374372359

Disabilities and the Disabled in the Roman World: A Social and Cultural History (2018)

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Laes, Christian (Author)


Cambridge University Press


Publication Date: 2018
Physical Details: 248
Language: English

Almost fifteen per cent 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.

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Review Jane Draycott (2020) Review of "Disabilities and the Disabled in the Roman World: A Social and Cultural History". Bulletin of the History of Medicine (pp. 135-137). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Grothoff, Kyle
Martin Atherton
Iain Hutchison
Shinnar, Shulamit
Laes, Christian
Rotman, Youval
Concepts
Medicine
Disabilities; disability; accessibility
Mental disorders and diseases
Blindness
Deafness
Medicine and culture
Time Periods
Ancient
19th century
18th century
Edo period (Japan, 1603-1868)
Early modern
Modern
Places
Rome (Italy)
Roman Empire
Greece
Great Britain
Palestine
Byzantium
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