Description |
1 online resource (xv, 252 pages) |
Series |
Later medieval Europe, 1872-7875 ; v. 6 |
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Later medieval Europe ; v. 6. 1872-7875
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Contents |
Town and country : a comparison of the treatment of the mentally disabled in late medieval English common law and chartered boroughs / Wendy J. Turner -- Insanity, exculpation, and disempowerment in Byzantine law / Margaret Trenchard-Smith -- The mysterious case of the 'mad' rector of Bletchingdon : the treatment of mentally ill clergy in late thirteenth-century England / James R. King -- Silent testimony : emotional displays and lapses in memory as indicators of mental instability in medieval English investigations / Wendy J. Turner -- Crimes of passion : emotion and madness in French remission letters / Aleksandra Pfau -- Royal madness and the law : the role of anger in representations of royal authority in eleventh- and twelfth-century Anglo-Norman texts / Kate McGrath -- The King's stupor : dealing with royal paralysis in late medieval England / Cory James Rushton -- A cure for the King means health for the country : the mental and physical health of Henry VI / Wendy J. Turner |
Summary |
This essay collection examines aspects of mental impairment from a variety of angles to unearth medieval perspectives on mental affliction. This volume on madness in the Middle Ages elucidates how medieval society conceptualized mental afflictions, especially in law and culture |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Psychiatry -- Europe -- History -- To 1500
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Mental illness -- Europe -- History -- To 1500
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Insanity (Law) -- Europe -- History -- To 1500
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Medicine, Medieval -- Europe -- History -- To 1500
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Medicine, Medieval.
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Politics, Practical.
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Mental Disorders -- history
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Mentally Ill Persons -- legislation & jurisprudence
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Forensic Psychiatry -- history
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History, Medieval
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Politics
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politics.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Nervous System (incl. Brain)
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Politics, Practical
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Insanity (Law)
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Medicine, Medieval
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Mental illness
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Psychiatry
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SUBJECT |
England |
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France |
Subject |
Europe
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Turner, Wendy J. (Wendy Jo), 1961-
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ISBN |
9789004187443 |
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9004187448 |
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