Disability, Frida Kahlo and medieval art

Medievalist and art historian Karen McCluskey joins Daniel Blackie to discuss disability in the Middle Ages. They talk terminology, how to use art as an historical source for disability history, and ponder the meanings of graffiti. Along the way, Daniel meets Fina of San Gimignano for the first time and Karen reflects on Frida Kahlo’s famous and arresting artwork,The Broken Column.