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Fools and idiots?Irina Metzler

Fools and idiots?

2016256 pages
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"... The book demolishes a number of historiographic myths and stereotypes surrounding intellectual disability in the Middle Ages and suggests new insights with regard to 'fools', jesters and 'idiots'.

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4 editions
  • Paperback · English · 2018
    Manchester University Press · 296 pages · 9780719096372
  • Hardcover · English · 2016
    Manchester University Press · 256 pages · 9780719096365
  • Other · English · 2016
    Manchester University Press · 256 pages · 9781784996802
  • Other · English · 2016
    Manchester University Press · 9781784996185
People with mental disabilitiesMental retardationSocial historyMedicine, historyDevelopmental disabilitiesMiddle agesSocial history, medieval, 500-1500History