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Books 2021 – on sale now – Disability and the Tudors: All the King’s Fools by Phillipa Vincent Connolly

‘Throughout history, how a society treated its disabled and infirm can tell us a great deal about the period. Challenged with any impairment, disease or frailty was often a matter of life and death before the advent of modern medicine, … Continue reading

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My review of ‘Disability and the Tudors’ by Phillipa Vincent-Connolly

‘Disability and the Tudors: All the King’s Fools’ gives a new view of Tudor England and the court. Phillipa thoroughly explores how disabilities were defined in those times, how disabled people were treated and what changes the effects of the … Continue reading

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