Mad Tuscans and Their Families : A History of Mental Disorder in Early Modern Italy /

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Drawing on the rich judicial archives of early modern Florence and its Tuscans domains, Mad Tuscans offers an innovative look at how families and courts of law worked together to forge pragmatic solutions to the range of problems madness introduced to their households.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mellyn, Elizabeth Walker
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Mentally ill > Medical care.
Mental illness.
Mental health laws.
Caregivers > Family relationships.
HISTORY > Europe > Italy.
Maladies mentales > Italie > Toscane > Histoire.
Personnes vivant avec un trouble de sante mentale > Soins medicaux > Italie > Toscane > Histoire.
Aidants naturels > Relations familiales > Italie > Toscane > Histoire.
Mental Disorders > history
Mental illness > Italy > Tuscany > History.
Mentally ill > Medical care > Italy > Tuscany > History.
Caregivers > Family relationships > Italy > Tuscany > History.
Mental health laws > Italy > Tuscany > History.
Italy > Tuscany.
Italy
Tuscany
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:Drawing on the rich judicial archives of early modern Florence and its Tuscans domains, Mad Tuscans offers an innovative look at how families and courts of law worked together to forge pragmatic solutions to the range of problems madness introduced to their households.
Physical Description:1 online resource (304 pages).
ISBN:9780812209815

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