A cultural history of disability, Volume 3, In the Renaissance

Cover -- Halftitle Page -- Title Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Notes on Contributors -- Series Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Atypical Bodies: Constructing (ab)normalcy in the Renaissance -- 2 Mobility Impairment: The Body Corporate, Charity, and Injury -- 3 Chronic Pain and Illness: Understanding Pain in the Renaissance -- 4 Blindness: Diverse Approaches to a Complex Phenomenon in the 15th and 16th Centuries -- 5 Deafness: Deafnesses and Silences in Shakespeare's England -- 6 Speech: Speaking Well and Ill in the Renaissance -- 7 Learning Difficulties: The Idiot and the Outsider in the Renaissance -- 8 Mental Health Issues: Madness in the Renaissance -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Imprint.