A History of Madness in Sixteenth-Century Germany - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Stanford University PressISBN-13:9780804741699ISBN-10:804741697UPC:9780804741699Book Category:Psychology, HistoryBook Subcategory:Psychopathology, History, EuropeBook Topic:GermanySize:9.17 x 6.10 x 0.91 inchesWeight:1.4021Product ID:SCXGYW8SS9
A History of Madness in Sixteenth-Century Germany
This magisterial work explores how Renaissance Germans understood and experienced madness. It focuses on the insanity of the world in general but also on specific disorders; examines the thinking on madness of theologians, jurists, and physicians; and analyzes the vernacular ideas that propelled sufferers to seek help in pilgrimage or newly founded hospitals for the helplessly disordered. In the...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Stanford University PressISBN-13:9780804741699ISBN-10:804741697UPC:9780804741699Book Category:Psychology, HistoryBook Subcategory:Psychopathology, History, EuropeBook Topic:GermanySize:9.17 x 6.10 x 0.91 inchesWeight:1.4021Product ID:SCXGYW8SS9
H. C. Erik Midelfort is C. Julian Bishko Professor of History at the University of Virginia.
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