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Madness in medieval law and custom /
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.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston :
Brill,
2010.
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| Colección: | Later medieval Europe ;
v. 6. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.