Title Medieval communities and the mad : narratives of crime and mental illness in late medieval France / Aleksandra Pfau

Published Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2021

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Description 1 online resource (239 pages) Series Premodern health, disease, and disability Premodern health, disease and disability. Contents Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Composing Communities -- 2. Madness as Communal Threat -- 3. Reintegrating Madness -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index Summary In medieval France, the collaboration between local communities and greater authorities grants us unusual insight into the period's concept of madness. The mentally ill posed a unique challenge to the law, and, by examining how subjects and officials worked together to define and contain mad individuals, this book analyses the development of that law and the interaction between local and regional communities. The author argues that this struggle often strengthened communities and proto-national identities Analysis Madness, Insanity Defense, Pardon, Community Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Mental illness -- France -- History -- To 1500 Mentally ill offenders -- France -- History -- To 1500 Criminal psychology. Civilization, Medieval. HISTORY -- General. Civilization, Medieval Criminal psychology Mental illness Mentally ill offenders France Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9789048533329 9048533325

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