Mystical Bedlam

Klappentext Mystical Bedlam explores the social history of insanity of early seventeenth-century England by means of a detailed analysis of the records of Richard Napier. Zusammenfassung Mystical Bedlam explores the social history of insanity of early seventeenth-century England by means of a detailed analysis of the records of Richard Napier! a clergyman and astrological physician! who treated over 2000 mentally disturbed patients between 1597 and 1634. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Insanity in early modern England; 2. A healer and his patients; 3. Stress, anxiety and family life; 4. Popular stereotypes of insanity; 5. Psychological healing.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Michael Macdonald
• Mitarbeit: Colin Jones (Herausgeber), Charles Rosenberg (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 30.06.1983
• EAN: 9780521273824
• ISBN: 978-0-521-27382-4
• Abmessung: 153 mm x 226 mm x 20 mm
• Serie: Cambridge History of Medicine
• Thema: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Medizin