Medieval communities and the mad narratives of crime and mental illness in late medieval France
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 in...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam
Amsterdam University Press
2021, 2021
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| Series: | Premodern health, disease, and disability
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| 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 |
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| Physical Description: | 239 pages |
| ISBN: | 9462983356 9789462983359 |