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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 Orcid Logo

Sensory Perception in the Medieval West, Pages: 181 - 194

Swansea University Author: Patricia Skinner Orcid Logo

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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
ISBN: 978-2-503-56714-3
Published: Brepols Publishers 2016
Online Access: 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.
Item Description: 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