New book - Understanding Disability Throughout History. Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Iceland from Settlement to 1936 – ed. by Hanna Björg Sigurjónsdóttir, James G. Rice, Routledge, 2021
ABSTRACT Understanding Disability Throughout History explores seldom-heard voices from the past by studying the hidden lives of disabled people before the concept of disability existed culturally, socially and administratively. The book focuses on Iceland from the Age of Settlement, traditionally co...
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Histoire du handicap dans l'Europe médiévale
2021
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| Online Access: | http://dishist.hypotheses.org/1982 |
| Summary: | ABSTRACT Understanding Disability Throughout History explores seldom-heard voices from the past by studying the hidden lives of disabled people before the concept of disability existed culturally, socially and administratively. The book focuses on Iceland from the Age of Settlement, traditionally considered to have taken place from 874 to 930, until the 1936 Law on Social Security (Lög um almannatryggingar), which is the first time that disabled people were referenced in Iceland as a legal or. |
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