This volume discusses infirmitas infirmity or weakness in ancient and medieval societies it concentrates on the cultural social and domestic aspects of physical and mental illness impairment and health and also examines frailty as a more abstract cultural construct it seeks to widen our understanding of how physical and mental well being and weakness were understood and . Infirmity in antiquity and the middle ages social and cultural approaches to health weakness and care responsibility edited by christian krotzl university of tampere finland katariina mustakallio university of tampere finland jenni kuuliala university of bremen germany. Christian krotzl katariina mustakallio jenni kuuliala infirmity in antiquity and the middle ages social and cultural approaches to health weakness and care farnham burlington vt ashgate 2015. Infirmity in antiquity and the middle ages social and cultural approaches to health weakness and care kroetzl christian mustakallio katariina kuuliala jenni . Infirmity in antiquity and the middle ages social and cultural approaches to health weakness and care kuuliala dr jenni krotzl professor christian mustakallio