{"id":14235,"date":"2022-05-10T12:32:40","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T10:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=207959"},"modified":"2022-05-10T12:48:08","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T10:48:08","slug":"disabled-people-in-tudor-times","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/disabled-people-in-tudor-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Disabled people in Tudor times"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Ellie Cawthorne\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 10 May 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Phillipa Vincent-Connolly explores the lives of disabled people in the Tudor era<\/a>. Speaking to Ellie Cawthorne, she uncovers complex attitudes to disability in the period, and reveals how some disabled figures played key roles at the royal court.<\/p>\n\nhttps:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/Tudordisability-52d405c.mp3<\/a><\/audio>

Phillipa Vincent-Connolly is the author of the Disability and the Tudors: All the King\u2019s Fools<\/em> (Pen & Sword, 2021)<\/strong><\/p>\n