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...

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Hovedforfatter: Pfau, Aleksandra (Author)
Format: Electronisk eBog
Sprog:engelsk
Udgivet: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2021.
Serier:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Indholdsfortegnelse:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Composing Communities
  • 2. Madness as Communal Threat
  • 3. Reintegrating Madness
  • Conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • Index