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List of contents
List of tables
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction
- Protection and punishment in the miracles of Saint Edmund the Martyr at Bury
- Managing the mad: violence, cruelty and restraint in the miracles of William of Norwich
- Medical madness? Diagnosing the mad in the miracles of Saint Thomas Becket
- Demonic disturbances in the miracles of Saint Bartholomew in London
- Balance and health: restoring sanity in the miracles of Saint Hugh of Lincoln
Conclusion
Index
About the author
Claire Trenery completed her PhD at Royal Holloway, University of London in 2017. She specialises in the history of madness and medicine, focusing on the twelfth century and the cultural and intellectual climate that accompanied the development of Scholastic learning in Western Europe. She has published articles on medieval madness, with particular attention to the impact of madness on the bodies, minds and souls of sufferers.
Summary
This book explores how madness was defined and diagnosed as a condition of the mind in the Middle Ages and what effects it was thought to have on the bodies, minds and souls of sufferers.
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"The author deserves high credit for her excellent analysis of those accounts about mad people and their miraculous healing through the various saints. She carries out close readings of the miracle tales and produces convincing results." - Albrecht Classen, Sehepunkte"Trenery is also excellent on the language of madness across this period, and its nuances and complexities." - Simon Jarrett (Birkbeck College, University of London)
