Mental (dis)order in later Medieval Europe / edited by Sari Katajala-Peltomaa, Susanna Niiranen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Katajala-Peltomaa, Sari, editor.

Niiranen, Susanna, editor.

Series:

Later medieval Europe ; Volume 12.

Later medieval Europe

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mental illness--Europe--History.

Mental illness.

Mental health services--Europe--History.

Mental health services.

Psychiatry--Europe--History.

Psychiatry.

Medicine, Medieval.

History.

Europe.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (295 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands : Brill, 2014.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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 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. Book jacket.

Contents:

Perspectives to Mental (Dis)Order in Later Medieval Europe / Sari Katajala-Peltomaa Katajala-Peltomaa, Sari, Susanna Niiranen Niiranen, Susanna 1

How to Get a Melancholy Marquess to Sleep? Melancholy in Scholastic Medicine / Timo Joutsivuo Joutsivuo, Timo 21

Demons and Mental Disorder in Late Medieval Medicine / Catherine Rider Rider, Catherine 47

Anger as a Spiritual, Social and Mental Disorder in Late Medieval Swedish Exempla / Marko Lamberg Lamberg, Marko 70

Signs of Mental Disorder hi Late Medieval Visual Evidence / Gerhard Jaritz Jaritz, Gerhard 91

Demonic Possession as Physical and Mental Disturbance in the Later Medieval Canonization Processes / Sari Katajala-Peltomaa Katajala-Peltomaa, Sari 108

"Volebam tamen ut nomen michi esset Dyonisius" - Fra Salimbene, Wine and Well-Being / Jussi Hanska Hanska, Jussi 128

Mental Disorders in Remedy Collections: A Comparison of Occitan and Swedish Material / Susanna Niiranen Niiranen, Susanna 151

Wine, Women and Song? Diet and Regimen for Royal Well-Being (King Duarte of Portugal, 1433-1438) / Jona McCleery McCleery, Jona 177

"This Worlde Is but a Pilgrimage": Mental Attitudes in/to the Medieval Danse Macabre / Sophie Oosterwijk Oosterwijk, Sophie 197

Disturbances of the Mind and Body: Effects of the Living Dead in Medieval Iceland / Kirsi Kanerva Kanerva, Kirsi 219.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

Other Format:

Print version: Mental (dis)order in later Medieval Europe.

ISBN:

9789004269743

OCLC:

873822017

Access Restriction:

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