Did monks contribute to the creation of a sign language for the deaf?. Religious congregations, subject to the law of silence, used signs to communicate.
Are they at the origin of thecreation of sign language? Sign language has always intrigued many scientists and scholars. During Antiquity, philosophers observed the signs practiced by deaf people expressing themselves through pantomimes or family codes. Aristotle brings the deaf population closer to a world considered inferior: that of animals. However, deaf people, because they were deprived of speech, were considered as beings.