Cargando…

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

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 in...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pfau, Aleksandra (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2021.
Colección:Premodern health, disease and disability.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Composing Communities
  • 2. Madness as Communal Threat
  • 3. Reintegrating Madness
  • Conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • Index