"Disability, poverty and work in the Middle Ages" - Fribourg Colloquium 2025, 3rd – 5th September 2025

Medieval Institute, University of Fribourg For the medieval period, disability studies really emerged at the turn of our century. They are now well represented, both in the historical sciences and in philology and literature, especially in the English-speaking world, but also to a lesser extent in Germany and elsewhere, and to a very limited extent in the French-speaking academic world.However, persons with disabilities had featured in earlier academic research: in studies on poverty. Indeed...