Fools and idiots? : intellectual disability in the Middle Ages /: intellectual disability in the Middle Ages. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Irina Metzler.
• Authors: Metzler, Irina, 1966-
• Contents: Cover; Fools and Idiots?; Contents ; List of Figures ; Series editors' foreword ; Acknowledgements ; List of Abbreviations ; 1: Pre-/conceptions: problems of definition and historiography; 2: From morio to fool: semantics of intellectual disability ; 3: Cold complexions and moist humors: natural science and intellectual disability ; 4: The infantile and the irrational: mind, soul and intellectual disability ; 5: Non-consenting adults: laws and intellectual disability ; 6: Fools, pets and entertainers: socio-cultural considerations of intellectual disability 7: Reconsiderations: rationality, intelligence and human status Select bibliography ; Index
• Publisher Details: Manchester : Manchester University Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 362.3; People with mental disabilities -- History -- To 1500; Developmental disabilities -- History -- To 1500; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare; MEDICAL -- History; Developmental disabilities; People with mental disabilities; Intellectual Disability -- history; Electronic books; History; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781784996802; 1784996807
• Related ISBNs: 9780719096365; 0719096367
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 4, 2016).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.