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Medieval Communities and the Mad Narratives of Crime and Mental Illness in Late Medieval France
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Title
Medieval Communities and the Mad Narratives of Crime and Mental Illness in Late Medieval France / Aleksandra Pfau.
ISBN
9789048533329
9048533325
9789462983359
9462983356
Publication
Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2021.
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021
Copyright Notice Date
©2021.
Physical Description
1 online resource (1 online resource 239 pages)
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Summary
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 individuals, this book analyses the development of that law and the interaction between local and regional communities. The author argues that this struggle often strengthened communities and proto-national identities.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 12, 2021
Series
Premodern health, disease, and disability
Contents
Frontmatter
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Composing Communities
2. Madness as Communal Threat
3. Reintegrating Madness
Conclusions
Bibliography
Index
Subjects
Genre/Form
Electronic books
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Project Muse. distributor
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