Table of contents pageAcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsList of Tables1. Introduction1.1 Structure, methodology and scope pp 1.2 Definitions and stereotypes of disability pp2. The theoretical framework of disability2.1 A historiography of disability2.2 Modern theories of disability and disability studies2.3 Summary3.

Medieval theoretical concepts of the (impaired) body3.1 Thisworldly: Notions of health, impairmentand sin3.2 Otherworldly: Impairment and corporal resurrection3.3 Summary4. Impairment in medieval medicine and natural philosophy4.1 Impairment and the medieval "sciences"4.2 Aetiologies of impairment4.3 Preventative medicine4.

4 Social and "alternative" medicine4.5 Summary5. Medieval miracles and impairment5.1 The context of saints, miracles and healing5.2 Medicine, transgression and miracle5.3 Narratives of impairment in medieval miracles5.4 Summary6. ConclusionAppendixMedieval Miracle NarrativesV Miracles invitae from St GallF Miracles of St Foy at ConquesI Miracles of St Ithamar at RochesterW Miracles of St William at Norwich ppM Miracles of the Virgin Mary at RocamadourJ Miracles of the Hand of St James at ReadingG Miracles of St Godric of FinchaleE Miracles of St Elisabeth at MarburgNotesSelect BibliographyIndex.