Madness in medieval law and custom [electronic resource] / edited by Wendy J. Turner
- Published
- Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
- Physical Description
- xv, 252 p. ; 25 cm.
- Additional Creators
- Turner, Wendy J. (Wendy Jo), 1961-
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- Contents
- 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.
- Subject(s)
- Psychiatry—Europe—History—To 1500
- Mental illness—Europe—History—To 1500
- Insanity (Law)—Europe—History—To 1500
- Medicine, Medieval—Europe—History—To 1500
- Mental Disorders—history—England
- Mental Disorders—history—France
- Mentally Ill Persons—legislation & jurisprudence—England
- Mentally Ill Persons—legislation & jurisprudence—France
- Forensic Psychiatry—history—England
- Forensic Psychiatry—history—France
- History, Medieval—England
- History, Medieval—France
- Politics—England
- Politics—France
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9789004187498 (hardback : alk. paper)
9004187499 (hardback : alk. paper) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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