D H A W (. 3000 BCE - 700 CE) : 6th Version, March 2019
D H A W (. 3000 BCE - 700 CE) : 6th Version, March 2019
D H A W (. 3000 BCE - 700 CE) : 6th Version, March 2019
A BIBLIOGRAPHY
6th version,
March 2019.
Christian Laes
Given the vagueness of the term as well as the ever expanding scholarship on
Antiquity, compiling a 'complete' bibliography on disability in the ancient world
would prove to be an impossible or at least an herculean task.
This internet publication is therefore only meant as a working tool for scholars
in the field. You are kindly invited to send additions or corrections - also
offprints are welcomed.
In the present list, some publications concerning later periods have been
included, mainly because they are of importance for the study of disability in the
ancient world. Needless to say, also this addition is somehow arbitrary.
I am most grateful for the additions and suggestions which have been sent since
the publication of the first version. Special thanks are due to Danielle
Gourevitch and M. Miles for extensive correspondence on the matter.
1
Contact address for sending publications:
OR
Universiteit Antwerpen
Grote Kauwenberg 18 (D 320)
B-2000 Antwerpen
[email protected]
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3
A. Allély, "Anomalies du langage et de la parole et mutisme à Rome sous la
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4
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6
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12
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14
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18
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19
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20
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21
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33
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38
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