Disabilities and the Disabled in the Roman World - A Social and Cultural History

Explores in detail an important section of the population of the Roman world which has too often been neglected.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Conception, birth and the 'crucial' first days; 2. Mental and intellectual disabilities: sane or insane?; 3. Blindness: 'a fate worse than death'; 4. Deaf, mute and deaf-mute: a silent story; 5. Speech defects: stammering history; 6. Mobility impairments: history of pain and toil; Conclusions.

About the author

Christian Laes is Associate Professor of Ancient History at the University of Antwerp, and Adjunct Professor at the University of Tampere. He specialises in the socio-cultural history of the Roman and late antique worlds. His previous books include Children in the Roman Empire: Outsiders Within (Cambridge, 2011) and Youth in the Roman Empire: The Young and the Restless Years? (Cambridge, 2014).

Summary

The first ever monograph in English on an important section of the population of the Roman world which has too often been neglected. A methodological introduction is followed by a head-to-toe approach, dealing with mental problems, visual impairment, deafness, muteness, speech and mobility impairment.

Product details

• Authors: Christian Laes, Christian (Universiteit Antwerpen Laes, Laes Christian
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9781316615010
• ISBN: 978-1-316-61501-0
• No. of pages: 250
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; History: specific events & topics, HISTORY / Ancient / General, History of Medicine, Ancient Rome, Social and cultural history, Ancient History, Disability: social aspects, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, BCE to c 500 CE, c 1000 to c 500 BCE (Italian period of Antiquity)