Monsters and Monstrous Births

Welcome to my latest blog post. Last week I discussed beliefs held about disabled people in the Medieval Period. I did this by examining some of the work of Bede the Venerable. I know what you are thinking, the Medieval Period pretty much spanned a thousand years, how can you draw conclusions by looking at the work of one guy? The short answer is, you can’t. However, the Middle Ages were always a weak point of mine and there are areas I…