| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 252 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Later medieval Europe,
1872-7875 ;
v. 6
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Later medieval Europe ; v. 6.
1872-7875
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Psychiatry -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
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Psychiatry. |
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Europe. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
| Subject |
Mental illness -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
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Mental illness. |
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Insanity (Law) -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
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Insanity (Law) |
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Medicine, Medieval -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
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Medicine, Medieval. |
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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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England. |
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France. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Turner, Wendy J. (Wendy Jo), 1961-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9789004187498 (DLC) 2010020322 (OCoLC)632070365 |
| ISBN |
9789004187443 (electronic book) |
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9004187448 (electronic book) |
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9789004187498 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9004187499 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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