Two Words about Disability in the Middle Ages

This article addresses the issue of the disability in the Middle Ages. Far from having the pretension of exhausting the subject, the following lines recognize the impossibility of doing so. The Middle Ages extended over more than one thousand years, which is a very long period of time. Due to the scarcity of sources, we know little about it – let alone when it comes to a specific topic like disability in medieval times.

Keywords: Middle Ages, Christianity, disability, inclusion, integration.