Madness in medieval law and custom
By: edited by Wendy J. Turner
Series: Later medieval Europe -- v. 6; Later medieval Europe -- v 6.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Leiden
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9789004187498
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Town and country : a comparison of the treatment of the mentally disabled in late medieval English common law and chartered boroughs / Wendy J. Turner; title: Insanity, exculpation, and disempowerment in Byzantine law / Margaret Trenchard-Smith; title: The mysterious case of the 'mad' rector of Bletchingdon : the treatment of mentally ill clergy in late thirteenth-century England / James R. King; title: Silent testimony : emotional displays and lapses in memory as indicators of mental instability in medieval English investigations / Wendy J. Turner; title: Crimes of passion : emotion and madness in French remission letters / Aleksandra Pfau; title: Royal madness and the law : the role of anger in representations of royal authority in eleventh- and twelfth-century Anglo-Norman texts / Kate McGrath; title: The King's stupor : dealing with royal paralysis in late medieval England / Cory James Rushton; title: A cure for the King means health for the country : the mental and physical health of Henry VI / Wendy J. Turner.