Mental Disabilities in Western Civilization from Ancient Rome to the Prerogativa Regis

Autor/in	Berkson, Gershon
Titel	Mental Disabilities in Western Civilization from Ancient Rome to the Prerogativa Regis
Quelle	In: Mental Retardation: A Journal of Practices, Policy and Perspectives, 44 (2006) 1, S.28-40 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-6765
Schlagwörter	Mental Disorders; Western Civilization; Medieval History; Subcultures; Mental Retardation; Attitudes toward Disabilities; Middle Eastern History; Translation; Data Interpretation; Italy (Rome) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Mediävistik; Subculture; Subkultur; Geistige Behinderung; Data evaluation; Datenauswertung
Abstract	A preliminary survey of formal concepts of "disability" from the Twelve Tables of Rome of the 5th century BCE to the Prerogativa Regis in English law of the late 13th century CE is presented. Firm conclusions are restricted by problems in translation and other limitations in available data. However, it appears that the concept of intellectual disability and its distinction from episodic mental illness first emerged in several subcultures of Western civilization during the height of ancient imperial Rome and during the early medieval period in Northern European and Arabic civilization. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10