Medieval Communities and the Mad : Narratives of Crime and Mental Illness in Late Medieval France / / Aleksandra Pfau.
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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Place / Publishing House: | Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press,, 2021. ©2021. |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Premodern Health, Disease, and Disability
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (202 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Composing Communities
- 2. Madness as Communal Threat
- 3. Reintegrating Madness
- Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index