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Mental (Dis)Order in Later Medieval Europe

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004269746
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Mental (Dis)Order in Later Medieval Europe written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2014-03-13 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The boundaries between mental, social and physical order and various states of disorder – unexpected mood swings, fury, melancholy, stress, insomnia, and demonic influence – form the core of this compilation. For medieval men and women, religious rituals, magic, herbs, dietary requirements as well as to scholastic medicine were a way to cope with the vagaries of mental wellbeing; the focus of the articles is on the interaction and osmosis between lay and elite cultures as well as medical, theological and political theories and practical experiences of daily life. Time span of the volume is the later Middle Ages, c. 1300-1500. Geographically it covers Western Europe and the comparison between Mediterranean world and Northern Europe is an important constituent. Contributors are Jussi Hanska, Gerhard Jaritz, Timo Joutsivuo, Kirsi Kanerva, Sari Katajala-Peltomaa, Marko Lamberg, Iona McCleery, Susanna Niiranen, Sophie Oosterwijk, and Catherine Rider.

Madness in Medieval Law and Custom

Author : Wendy Turner
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004187499
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Madness in Medieval Law and Custom written by Wendy Turner and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2010-09-24 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This essay collection examines aspects of mental impairment from a variety of angles to unearth medieval perspectives on mental affliction. This volume on madness in the Middle Ages elucidates how medieval society conceptualized mental afflictions, especially in law and culture.

Mental Health, Spirituality, and Religion in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age

Author : Albrecht Classen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 9783110361650
Total Pages : 738 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (616 download)

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Download or read book Mental Health, Spirituality, and Religion in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age written by Albrecht Classen and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2014-08-20 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding mental health from a religious, literary, and philosophical point'of'view represents a critical component in current research on alternative approaches to well'being, spiritually and physically. This volume contains a selection of papers drawn from a conference at The University of Arizona in May 2013 addressing all these issues from a variety of perspectives, inviting us to consider them especially through a historical lens.

Medieval Disability Sourcebook

Author : Cameron Hunt McNabb
Publisher : punctum books
ISBN 13 : 1950192733
Total Pages : 501 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Medieval Disability Sourcebook written by Cameron Hunt McNabb and published by punctum books. This book was released on 2020 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field of disability studies significantly contributes to contemporary discussions of the marginalization of and social justice for individuals with disabilities. However, what of disability in the past? The Medieval Disability Sourcebook: Western Europe explores what medieval texts have to say about disability, both in their own time and for the present. This interdisciplinary volume on medieval Europe combines historical records, medical texts, and religious accounts of saints' lives and miracles, as well as poetry, prose, drama, and manuscript images to demonstrate the varied and complicated attitudes medieval societies had about disability. Far from recording any monolithic understanding of disability in the Middle Ages, these contributions present a striking range of voices-to, from, and about those with disabilities-and such diversity only confirms how disability permeated (and permeates) every aspect of life. The Medieval Disability Sourcebook is designed for use inside the undergraduate or graduate classroom or by scholars interested in learning more about medieval Europe as it intersects with the field of disability studies. Most texts are presented in modern English, though some are preserved in Middle English and many are given in side-by-side translations for greater study. Each entry is prefaced with an academic introduction to disability within the text as well as a bibliography for further study. This sourcebook is the first in a proposed series focusing on disability in a wide range of premodern cultures, histories, and geographies.

Medieval Communities and the Mad

Author : Aleksandra Nicole Pfau
Publisher : Premodern Health, Disease, and
ISBN 13 : 9789462983359
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (833 download)

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Download or read book Medieval Communities and the Mad written by Aleksandra Nicole Pfau and published by Premodern Health, Disease, and. This book was released on 2020-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concept of madness as a challenge to communities lies at the core of legal sources. Medieval Communities and the Mad: Narratives of Crime and Mental Illness in Late Medieval France considers how communal networks, ranging from the locale to the realm, responded to people who were considered mad. The madness of individuals played a role in engaging communities with legal mechanisms and proto-national identity constructs, as petitioners sought the king's mercy as an alternative to local justice. The resulting narratives about the mentally ill in late medieval France constructed madness as an inability to live according to communal rules. Although such texts defined madness through acts that threatened social bonds, those ties were reaffirmed through the medium of the remission letter. The composers of the letters presented madness as a communal concern, situating the mad within the household, where care could be provided. Those considered mad were usually not expelled but integrated, often through pilgrimage, surveillance, or chains, into their kin and communal relationships.

Representing Mental Illness in Late Medieval France

Author : Julie Singer
Publisher : D.S. Brewer
ISBN 13 : 9781843845126
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (451 download)

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Book Synopsis Representing Mental Illness in Late Medieval France by : Julie Singer

Download or read book Representing Mental Illness in Late Medieval France written by Julie Singer and published by D.S. Brewer. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of the medieval mind as a machine, and how it might be affected and immobiled, in textual reactions to the madness of Charles VI of France. At the turn of the fifteenth century it must have seemed to many French people that the world was going mad. King Charles VI suffered his first bout of mental illness in 1392, and he underwent intermittent bouts of frenzy, melancholy and ever-scarcer lucidity until his death in 1422. The king's scarcely mentionable malady was mirrored at every level of social experience, from the irrational civil war through which the body politic tore itself apart, to reports of elevated suicide rates among the common people. In this political environment, where affairs of state were closely linked to the ruler's mental state, French writers sought new ways of representing the psychological dynamics of the body politic. This book explores the innovative mix of organic and inorganic metaphors through which they explored the relationship between mind, body and government at this period; in particular, it considers texts by such authors as Alan Chartier and Charles d'Orléans which describe mental illness and intellectual impairments through the notion of "rust". JULIE SINGER is Associate Professor of French at Washington University, St. Louis.

Soul-Health

Author : Daniel McCann
Publisher : University of Wales Press
ISBN 13 : 1786833328
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (868 download)

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Download or read book Soul-Health written by Daniel McCann and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2018-10-15 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1. This study is a new, contextually sensitive methodology for pinpointing the emotional aspects of medieval texts. 2. It is a unique appraisal of the therapeutic significance of medieval religious literature: the largest body of writing in the period. 3. A move beyond the limitations of emotions studies and medical humanities, showing the interactions between literature and medicine in the period, and the importance of composite and layered emotional states.

Infirmity in Antiquity and the Middle Ages

Author : Christian Krötzl
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317116941
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book Infirmity in Antiquity and the Middle Ages written by Christian Krötzl and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-09 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume discusses infirmitas (’infirmity’ or ’weakness’) in ancient and medieval societies. It concentrates on the cultural, social and domestic aspects of physical and mental illness, impairment and health, and also examines frailty as a more abstract, cultural construct. It seeks to widen our understanding of how physical and mental well-being and weakness were understood and constructed in the longue durée from antiquity to the Middle Ages. The chapters are written by experts from a variety of disciplines, including archaeology, art history and philology, and pay particular attention to the differences of experience due to gender, age and social status. The book opens with chapters on the more theoretical aspects of pre-modern infirmity and disability, moving on to discuss different types of mental and cultural infirmities, including those with positive connotations, such as medieval stigmata. The last section of the book discusses infirmity in everyday life from the perspective of healing, medicine and care.

Medieval Psychology

Author : Simon Kemp
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Medieval Psychology written by Simon Kemp and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1990-06-26 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the psychological ideas current in medieval Europe and their development during the period. The book aims partly to correct misperceptions about the nature of psychology in the Middle Ages. An important theme presented in this work is the surprising unity and coherence of medieval psychology. Chapter 1 gives a brief historical background to the Middle Ages, and outlines two major influences on medieval psychology: Christian beliefs and the earlier views of classical philosophers and physicians. Chapter 2 outlines medieval views on the nature of the soul and spirit, particularly those views derived from Aristotle. Chapter 3 deals with medieval theories of perception, particularly visual perception, while chapter 4 covers cognition and memory, particularly the medieval doctrine of the inner senses, according to which many cognitive functions were performed in the ventricles of the brain. Chapter 5 considers and evaluates Thomas Aquinas' account of emotion and will. Chapters 2 through 5 consider psychological phenomena mainly discussed by medieval scholastics; the phenomena in chapter 6 to 9, however, were often discussed by people with a less philosophical approach. Chapter 6 considers medieval accounts of individual differences, in particular the doctrine of the humors and the influence of astrology. Chapters 7 and 8 are concerned with widely different aspects of, and approaches to, mental disorder in the Middle Ages. Chapter 9 briefly describes a few further aspects of medieval psychology, and in the final chapter some conclusions are drawn. This book is written for people with a general interest in medieval studies, and will also appeal to historians of medieval psychology or medicine.

The Stigma of Mental Illness - End of the Story?

Author : Wolfgang Gaebel
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319278398
Total Pages : 648 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (192 download)

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Download or read book The Stigma of Mental Illness - End of the Story? written by Wolfgang Gaebel and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-08-10 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book makes a highly innovative contribution to overcoming the stigma and discrimination associated with mental illness – still the heaviest burden both for those afflicted and those caring for them. The scene is set by the presentation of different fundamental perspectives on the problem of stigma and discrimination by researchers, consumers, families, and human rights experts. Current knowledge and practice used in reducing stigma are then described, with information on the programmes adopted across the world and their utility, feasibility, and effectiveness. The core of the volume comprises descriptions of new approaches and innovative programmes specifically designed to overcome stigma and discrimination. In the closing part of the book, the editors – all respected experts in the field – summarize some of the most important evidence- and experience-based recommendations for future action to successfully rewrite the long and burdensome ‘story’ of mental illness stigma and discrimination.

Women & Psychosis

Author : Marie Brown
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1498591922
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book Women & Psychosis written by Marie Brown and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-03-13 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interrogating the relationship between women and psychosis from a variety of perspectives, this edited collection explores personal, literary, spiritual, psychological, biological, and psychodynamic approaches. The contributors reflect on medieval mystics and witches, postpartum psychosis, disordered eating, art and literature, feminism, and male/female differences in schizophrenia. Women with experience of psychosis, psychotherapists, and a shaman provide first-person accounts to give the book a personal grounding. Curated with the intent to expand the way we think about women and psychosis, the contributors to this collection recognize that “voices and visions” do not occur in a vacuum, but are experienced within, and are influenced by, particular socio-cultural contexts.

From Madness to Mental Health

Author : Greg Eghigian
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813549094
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book From Madness to Mental Health written by Greg Eghigian and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2009-12-10 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Madness to Mental Health neither glorifies nor denigrates the contributions of psychiatry, clinical psychology, and psychotherapy, but rather considers how mental disorders have historically challenged the ways in which human beings have understood and valued their bodies, minds, and souls. Greg Eghigian has compiled a unique anthology of readings, from ancient times to the present, that includes Hippocrates; Julian of Norwich's Revelations of Divine Love, penned in the 1390s; Dorothea Dix; Aaron T. Beck; Carl Rogers; and others, culled from religious texts, clinical case studies, memoirs, academic lectures, hospital and government records, legal and medical treatises, and art collections. Incorporating historical experiences of medical practitioners and those deemed mentally ill, From Madness to Mental Health also includes an updated bibliography of first-person narratives on mental illness compiled by Gail A. Hornstein.

Madness and Civilization

Author : Michel Foucault
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307833100
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Madness and Civilization written by Michel Foucault and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2013-01-30 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michel Foucault examines the archeology of madness in the West from 1500 to 1800 - from the late Middle Ages, when insanity was still considered part of everyday life and fools and lunatics walked the streets freely, to the time when such people began to be considered a threat, asylums were first built, and walls were erected between the "insane" and the rest of humanity.

Cognitive Sciences and Medieval Studies

Author : Juliana Dresvina
Publisher : University of Wales Press
ISBN 13 : 1786836769
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (868 download)

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Download or read book Cognitive Sciences and Medieval Studies written by Juliana Dresvina and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2020-11-01 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study brings together medieval studies and cognitive methodologies in a study specifically aimed at medievalists. It presents a longer history of certain mental health conditions and locates contemporary debates about the mind in a broader historical framework. It considers both the benefits of incorporating insights from contemporary neuroscientific and cognitive studies into the exploration of the past, and the benefits of employing historical models and case studies in order to reflect on modern methods.

The Life and Health of the Mind in Classical Greek Medical Thought

Author : Chiara Thumiger
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107176018
Total Pages : 513 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book The Life and Health of the Mind in Classical Greek Medical Thought written by Chiara Thumiger and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-06-09 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first substantial history of psychological thought in Classical Greek medicine, showing the relevance of ancient ideas to modern debates.

Encountering Crises of the Mind

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004308539
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Encountering Crises of the Mind written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-09-24 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mental health and madness have been challenging topics for historians. The field has been marked by tension between the study of power, expertise and institutional control of insanity, and the study of patient experiences. This collection contributes to the ongoing discussion on how historians encounter mental ‘crises’. It deals with diagnoses, treatments, experiences and institutions largely outside the mainstream historiography of madness – in what might be described as its peripheries and borderlands (from medieval Europe to Cold War Hungary, from the Atlantic slave coasts to Indian princely states, and to the Nordic countries). The chapters highlight many contests and multiple stakeholders involved in dealing with mental suffering, and the importance of religion, lay perceptions and emotions in crises of mind. Contributors are Jari Eilola, Waltraud Ernst, Anssi Halmesvirta, Markku Hokkanen, Kalle Kananoja, Tuomas Laine-Frigrén, Susanna Niiranen, Anu Rissanen, Kirsi Tuohela, and Jesper Vaczy Kragh.

Care and Custody of the Mentally Ill, Incompetent, and Disabled in Medieval England

Author : Wendy Jo Turner
Publisher : Brepols Pub
ISBN 13 : 9782503540399
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Care and Custody of the Mentally Ill, Incompetent, and Disabled in Medieval England written by Wendy Jo Turner and published by Brepols Pub. This book was released on 2013 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the social understanding and treatment of the mentally ill, incompetent, and disabled in late medieval England. Drawing on archival, literary, medical, legal, and ecclesiastic sources and studies, the volume seeks to present a coherent picture of society's treatment, protection, abuse, care, and custody of the incapacitated. Although many medieval stories stereotyped the mad (most often as sinners or innocents), for example, there is clear evidence that English society treated and cared for the impaired on a person-by-person basis. The mentally incapacitated were not lumped into one category and not ignored or sent away; on the contrary, both the English administration and the public had many categories and terms for mental conditions, cognitive abilities, and levels of physicality (violence) associated with impairment. English society also had safeguards and assistants (keepers, custodians, guardians) in place to help mentally impaired persons in life. This study therefore eschews totalizing assumptions about a societal 'core' and its 'margins'; instead, it instigates a new consideration of communities as holistic entities with an ebb and flow among the contributing and non-contributing elements as people live, grow, age, get sick, become well, have children, break bones, or live with mental or physical impairments.