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Taking Out the Eye of a One-Eyed Man and Other Hypothetical Moments of Sensory Impairments in Early Medieval Law
Patricia Skinner 
Sensory Perception in the Medieval West, Pages: 181 - 194
Swansea University Author:
Patricia Skinner
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DOI (Published version): 10.1484/M.USML-EB.5.109510
Abstract
This article examines early medieval laws and their attitude towards sensory impairment. Specifically, the problems of living with visual impairment are explored, including grades of impairment from total blindness to the position of the 'one-eyed man' of the title.
| Published in: | Sensory Perception in the Medieval West |
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| ISBN: | 978-2-503-56714-3 |
| Published: |
Brepols Publishers
2016
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http://www.brepolsonline.net/doi/abs/10.1484/M.USML-EB.5.109510 |
| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa30090 |
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| Abstract: |
This article examines early medieval laws and their attitude towards sensory impairment. Specifically, the problems of living with visual impairment are explored, including grades of impairment from total blindness to the position of the 'one-eyed man' of the title. |
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Supported by Wellcome Trust Grant number 107780 |
| Keywords: |
visual impairment, eyes, medieval law, sensory loss, blindness |
| College: |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Start Page: |
181 |
| End Page: |
194 |