Madness in medieval law and custom

Madness in medieval law and custom [Texte imprimé] / edited by Wendy J. Turner - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010 - 1 vol. (XV-252 p.) : couv. ill. ; 25 cm - Later medieval Europe, 6 1872-7875 ; . - Later medieval Europe (Brill, Leiden) .

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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

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Psychiatry Mental illness Insanity (Law) Medicine, Medieval Mental Disorders Mental Disorders Mentally Ill Persons Mentally Ill Persons Forensic Psychiatry Forensic Psychiatry History, Medieval History, Medieval Politics Politics

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