Stumbling Blocks Before the Blind : Medieval Constructions of a Disability /

Early attitudes toward blindness in France and England, and the light those responses shed on contemporary attitudes toward disability.

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Glavni autor: Wheatley, Edward (Autor)
Format: Elektronički e-knjiga
Jezik:engleski
Izdano: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2010]
Serija:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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