The Lexical Prison: Impairment and Confinement in Medieval and Early Modern England

This article examines the lexical precariousness of definitions of impairment in legal and administrative discourses in select case studies in medieval and early modern administrative records. The terminologies used to label individuals in the courts were sometimes equivocal and this had consequence...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Parergon 2017-07, Vol.34 (2), p.133-157
1. Verfasser:	Hickey, Helen M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Administrative agencies Analysis Case studies Court records Disabilities Exile (Punishment) Imprisonment People with mental disabilities Records and correspondence Social conditions Walker, Nigel
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