Medieval Communities and the Mad : Narratives of Crime and Mental Illness in Late Medieval France /
Pfau, Aleksandra,
Medieval Communities and the Mad : Narratives of Crime and Mental Illness in Late Medieval France / Aleksandra Pfau. - 1 online resource (239 pages). - Premodern health, disease, and disability . - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Composing Communities -- 2. Madness as Communal Threat -- 3. Reintegrating Madness -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index
Open Access
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.
9789048533329
Mentally ill offenders.
Mental illness.
Criminal psychology.
Civilization, Medieval.
HISTORY / General.
Civilization, Medieval.
Criminal psychology.
Mentally ill offenders--History--France--To 1500.
Mental illness--History--France--To 1500.
France.
History.
Electronic books.
Medieval Communities and the Mad : Narratives of Crime and Mental Illness in Late Medieval France / Aleksandra Pfau. - 1 online resource (239 pages). - Premodern health, disease, and disability . - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Composing Communities -- 2. Madness as Communal Threat -- 3. Reintegrating Madness -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index
Open Access
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.
9789048533329
Mentally ill offenders.
Mental illness.
Criminal psychology.
Civilization, Medieval.
HISTORY / General.
Civilization, Medieval.
Criminal psychology.
Mentally ill offenders--History--France--To 1500.
Mental illness--History--France--To 1500.
France.
History.
Electronic books.