Intellectual Disability in Medieval and Early Modern Europe

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Special Session

Organizer Name

Angela Heetderks

Organizer Affiliation

Univ. of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Presider Name

Angela Heetderks

Paper Title 1

When Illness Goes Extreme: Madness as a Secondary Medical Condition in Late Medieval German Miracle Stories

Presenter 1 Name

Anne M. Koenig

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Northwestern Univ.

Paper Title 2

"So much he lacketh of his naturall witt": Robert Recorde's The Ground of Artes (1543) and the Early Modern Number Sense

Presenter 2 Name

Lisa Wilde

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Princeton Univ.

Paper Title 3

"Bend hitherward your wit": Love and the Orientations of Intelligence in Astrophil and Stella

Presenter 3 Name

Emily Shortslef

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Columbia Univ.

Start Date

11-5-2012 3:30 PM

Session Location

Schneider 1350