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The majority of papers in this volume were originally presented atthe eighth annual ‘Disease, Disability, and Medicine in MedievalEurope’ conference. The conference focused on infections, chronicillness, and the impact of infectious diseases on medieval society,including infection as a disability in the case of visibleconditions, such as infected wounds, leprosy, syphilis, andtuberculosis. Using an interdisciplinary approach, this conferenceemphasised the importance of collaborative projects, novel avenues ofresearch for treating infectious disease, and the value ofconsidering medieval questions from the perspective of multipledisciplines. This volume aims to carry forward this interdisciplinarysynergy by bringing together contributors from a variety ofdisciplines and from a diverse range of international institutions.Of note is the academic stage of the contributors in this volume. Allthe contributors were PhD candidates at the time of the conference,and the majority have completed or are in the final stages ofcompleting their programmes at the time of this publication. Theoriginality and calibre of research presented by these early careerresearchers demonstrates the promising future of the field, as wellas the continued relevance of medieval studies for a wide range ofdisciplines and topics.CONTENTS:Foreword -- Christina LeeIntroduction -- Erin Connelly and Stefanie Künzel Þu miht wiþ þam laþan ðe geond lond færð:Conceptualisations of Disease in Anglo-Saxon Charms -- StefanieKünzelA Still Sound Mind: Personal Agency of Impaired People inAnglo-Saxon Care and Cure Narratives -- Marit Ronen Mobility Limitations and Assistive Aids in the Merovingian Burial Record -- Cathrin Hähn Tearing the Face in Grief and Rape: Cheek Rending in Medieval Iberia, c. 1000–1300 -- Rachel WelshClerical Leprosy and the Ecclesiastical Office: Dis/Ability andCanon Law -- Ninon DubourgInside the Leprosarium: Illness in the Daily Life of 14th CenturyBarcelona -- Clara JáureguiLanguages of Experience: Translating Medicine in MS Laud Misc --Lucy BarnhouseHeillög Bein, Brotin Bein: Manifestations of Disease in MedievalIceland -- Cecilia CollinsA Case Study of Plantago in the Treatment of Infected Wounds inthe Middle English Translation of Bernard of Gordon’s Liliummedicinae -- Erin ConnellyMiserum spectaculum, horrendus fetor, aspectus horrendus:‘Syphilis’ in Strasbourg at the Turn of the 16th Century --Christoph WieselhuberMore infos on the editor website !