How did the society of the Middle Ages deal with disabilities?

So far it is unclear how physical disabilities in the Middle Ages have affected the social status of a person – religious and legal texts from that time provide contradictory information. A case study from late medieval Sweden now provides more clarity. There archaeologists discovered a man’s skeleton who has a heavy one

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