04194nam 2200685Ia 450 991079013780332120200520144314.01-283-85202-090-04-18744-810.1163/ej.9789004187498.i-253(CKB)2670000000173842(EBL)1079775(OCoLC)813166416(SSID)ssj0000652990(PQKBManifestationID)11442572(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000652990(PQKBWorkID)10649733(PQKB)10578717(MiAaPQ)EBC1079775(OCoLC)706139924(nllekb)BRILL9789004187443(Au-PeEL)EBL1079775(CaPaEBR)ebr10631820(CaONFJC)MIL416452(PPN)17439277X(EXLCZ)99267000000017384220100519d2010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrMadness in medieval law and custom[electronic resource] /edited by Wendy J. TurnerLeiden, Netherlands ;Boston Brill20101 online resource (261 p.)Later medieval Europe,1872-7875 ;v. 6Description based upon print version of record.90-04-18749-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preliminary Material /Wendy J. Turner -- Introduction /Wendy J. Turner -- 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 -- Afterword /Irina Metzler -- Bibliography /Wendy J. Turner -- Index /Wendy J. Turner.This collection of essays opens a new discussion about the mind, body, and spirit of the mad in medieval Europe. The authors examine a broad spectrum of mental and emotional issues, which medieval authors point out as ‘unusual’ behavior. With the emerging field of medieval disability studies in mind, the authors have carefully considered legal and cultural descriptions for insight into the perception and understanding of mental impairment. These essays on madness in the Middle Ages elucidate how medieval society conceptualized mental afflictions. Individually, the essays cover aspects of mental impairment from a variety of angles to unearth collectively medieval perspectives on mental affliction. Contributors are James R. King, Kate McGrath, Irina Metzler, Aleksandra Pfau, Cory James Rushton, Margaret Trenchard-Smith, and Wendy J. Turner.Later Medieval Europe6.PsychiatryEuropeHistoryTo 1500Mental illnessEuropeHistoryTo 1500Insanity (Law)EuropeHistoryTo 1500Medicine, MedievalEuropeHistoryTo 1500PsychiatryHistoryMental illnessHistoryInsanity (Law)HistoryMedicine, MedievalHistory362.196362.196890094Turner Wendy J(Wendy Jo),1961-1465679MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790137803321Madness in medieval law and custom3675831UNINA