Mental (Dis)Order in Later Medieval Europe
Contributor(s)
Katajala-Peltomaa, Sari (editor)
Niiranen, Susanna (editor)
Collection
Knowledge Unlatched (KU)Language
EnglishAbstract
Mental (Dis)order in the Late Middle Ages sketches the boundaries between mental, social and physical order and various states of disorder – unexpected mood swings, fury, melancholy, stress, insomnia, and demonic influence – and focuses on the interaction between lay and elite cultures.; Readership: All those interested in medieval culture; the medical, religious, intellectual, social, and art history of late medieval Europe.
Keywords
Humanities; HistoryDOI
10.1163/9789004269743ISBN
9789004264144, 9789004269743, 9789004264144Publisher
BrillPublisher website
https://brill.com/Publication date and place
2014Imprint
BRILLSeries
Later Medieval Europe, 12Classification
History