Madness, Religion and the State in Early Modern Europe
David (National University of Ireland, Maynooth) Lederer
Cambridge University Press, 2006
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This is a regional study of psychology during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, before the emergence of professional psychiatry. It explores the treatment of mental illness in society and the use of spiritual remedies to deal with physical and mental ailments from melancholy to demonic possession.
- ISBN-13
- 9780521853477
- ISBN-10
- 0521853478
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 2006
- Publication date
- 2006-05-04
- Pages
- 384
- Dimensions
- 162x236x27
- Weight
- 690