A History of Madness in Sixteenth-Century Germany

by H.C. Erik Midelfort

Book Overview

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 process, the author uses the history of madness as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804741697
• ISBN13: 9780804741699
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"