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Viewing Disability in Medieval Spanish Texts : Disgraced or Graced / Connie Scarborough.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Premodern Health, Disease, and Disability ; 1Publisher: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 1 online resource (268 p.) : 8 color platesContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789089648754
  • 9789048527397
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 860.9
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Disability Theory and Pre-Modern Considerations -- 1. Lameness - Los Contrechos -- 2. Blindness - Los Ciegos -- 3. Deafness and Inability to Speak - Los Sordomudos -- 4. Leprosy - Los Gafos -- 5. Cured by the Grace of God - Los Milagros -- 6. Conclusions -- Works Cited -- Index
Summary: This book is one of the first to examine medieval Spanish canonical works for their portrayals of disability in relationship to theological teachings, legal precepts, and medical knowledge. Connie L. Scarborough shows that physical impairments were seen differently through each lens. Theology at times taught that the disabled were "marked by God," their sins rendered on their bodies; at other times, they were viewed as important objects of Christian charity. The disabled often suffered legal restrictions, allowing them to be viewed with other distinctive groups, such as the ill or the poor. And from a medical point of view, a miraculous cure could be seen as evidence of divine intervention. This book explores all these perspectives through medieval Spain's miracle narratives, hagiographies, didactic tales, and epic poetry.

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Disability Theory and Pre-Modern Considerations -- 1. Lameness - Los Contrechos -- 2. Blindness - Los Ciegos -- 3. Deafness and Inability to Speak - Los Sordomudos -- 4. Leprosy - Los Gafos -- 5. Cured by the Grace of God - Los Milagros -- 6. Conclusions -- Works Cited -- Index

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This book is one of the first to examine medieval Spanish canonical works for their portrayals of disability in relationship to theological teachings, legal precepts, and medical knowledge. Connie L. Scarborough shows that physical impairments were seen differently through each lens. Theology at times taught that the disabled were "marked by God," their sins rendered on their bodies; at other times, they were viewed as important objects of Christian charity. The disabled often suffered legal restrictions, allowing them to be viewed with other distinctive groups, such as the ill or the poor. And from a medical point of view, a miraculous cure could be seen as evidence of divine intervention. This book explores all these perspectives through medieval Spain's miracle narratives, hagiographies, didactic tales, and epic poetry.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)