Madness through the eyes of historians

A Moscow holy fool, a medieval French prostitute, a possessed German nun, and Irish hill-dwellers who steal other people's wives are just some of the characters in this book. Did they suffer from mental illness? How and why did medieval... society accept or reject the insane? Can a description created by a historian or anthropologist based on documents or traditions be useful to today's doctor? The published works are presented from a clinical point of view and are addressed to psychiatrists and psychologists.

Author: Зислин Иосиф

Printhouse: Gorodets

Series: Library of the 'Union for the Protection of Mental Health'

Age restrictions: 18+

Year of publication: 2023

ISBN: 9785907762015

Number of pages: 512

Size: 250x145x220 mm

Cover type: hard

Weight: 600 g

ID: 1669864

A Moscow holy fool, a medieval French prostitute, a possessed German nun, and Irish hill-dwellers who steal other people's wives are just some of the characters in this book. Did they suffer from mental illness? How and why did medieval society accept or reject the insane? Can a description created by a historian or anthropologist based on documents or traditions be useful to today's doctor? The published works are presented from a clinical point of view and are addressed to psychiatrists and psychologists.

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