Mental (Dis)Order in Later Medieval Europe

Katajala-Peltomaa, Sari and Niiranen, Susanna, eds. (2014) Mental (Dis)Order in Later Medieval Europe. Later Medieval Europe, 12 . Brill, Leiden. ISBN 978-90-04-26974-3

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Abstract

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.

Item Type:	Book
Additional Information:	This is an open access title distributed under the terms of the cc by-nc-nd 4.0 license. Further information and the complete license text can be found at <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by‑nc‑nd/4.0/>.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Mental illness, Mental health services, Europe history, Psychiatry, Medieval medicine
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D111 Medieval History
Depositing User:	dr Vincenzo De Luise
Date Deposited:	17 Apr 2024 07:35
Last Modified:	17 Apr 2024 07:40
URI:	http://www.rmoa.unina.it/id/eprint/4864

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