Blind in French Society from the Middle Ages to the Century of Louis Braille
The integration of the blind into society has always meant taking on prejudices and inaccurate representations. Weygand''s highly accessible anthropological and cultural history introduces us to both real and imaginary figures from the past, uncovering French attitudes towards the blind from the Middle Ages through the first half of the nineteenth century. Much of the book, however, centers on the...
The integration of the blind into society has always meant taking on prejudices and inaccurate representations. Weygand''s highly accessible anthropological and cultural history introduces us to both real and imaginary figures from the past, uncovering French attitudes towards the blind from the Middle Ages through the first half of the nineteenth century. Much of the book, however, centers on the...
