| Description |
1 online resource (x, 285 pages) : color illustrations |
| Series |
Later Medieval Europe, 1872-7875 ; v. 12 |
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Later medieval Europe ; volume 12.
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| Contents |
Mental (Dis)Order in Later Medieval Europe; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Perspectives to Mental (Dis)Order in Later Medieval Europe; How to Get a Melancholy Marquess to Sleep? Melancholy in Scholastic Medicine; Demons and Mental Disorder in Late Medieval Medicine; Anger as a Spiritual, Social and Mental Disorder in Late Medieval Swedish Exempla; Signs of Mental Disorder in Late Medieval Visual Evidence; Demonic Possession as Physical and Mental Disturbance in the Later Medieval Canonization Processes |
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"Volebam tamen ut nomen michi esset Dyonisius" -- Fra Salimbene, Wine and Well-BeingMental Disorders in Remedy Collections: A Comparison of Occitan and Swedish Material; Wine, Women and Song? Diet and Regimen for Royal Well-Being (King Duarte of Portugal, 1433-1438); "This Worlde Is but a Pilgrimage": Mental Attitudes in/to the Medieval Danse Macabre; Disturbances of the Mind and Body: Effects of the Living Dead in Medieval Iceland; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
"Mental (Dis)order in the Late Middle Ages sketches the boundaries between mental, social and physical order and various states of disorder -- unexpected mood swings, fury, melancholy, stress, insomnia, and demonic influence -- and focuses on the interaction between lay and elite cultures"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Mental illness -- Europe -- History
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Mental health services -- Europe -- History
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Psychiatry -- Europe -- History
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Medicine, Medieval.
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Mental illness -- Treatment.
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Mental Disorders -- history
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History, 15th Century
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History, Medieval
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Mental Disorders -- therapy
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
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HISTORY / General
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Mental illness -- Treatment
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Medicine, Medieval
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Mental health services
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Mental illness
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Psychiatry
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| SUBJECT |
Europe. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045631
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Europe |
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Europe
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Katajala-Peltomaa, Sari, editor.
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Niiranen, Susanna, editor.
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| LC no. |
2014000256 |
| ISBN |
9789004269743 |
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9004269746 |
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