Mad Princes of Renaissance Germany

Mad Princes of Renaissance Germany
Author :
Publisher :
Total Pages : 204
Release :
ISBN-10 : LCCN:93039116
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 ( Downloads)

Book Synopsis Mad Princes of Renaissance Germany by : H. C. Erik Midelfort

Download or read book Mad Princes of Renaissance Germany written by H. C. Erik Midelfort and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With an acute ear for the nuances of sixteenth-century diagnosis, H.C. Erik Midelfort details the expansion of a learned medical vocabulary with which contemporaries could describe these demented monarchs, as we watch the rise to prominence of the "melancholy prince." He also documents the transition from the brutal deposition of mad princes during the late Middle Ages to the imposition of medical therapy by the middle of the sixteenth century, taking note of the competing claims of medicine and theology. Mad Princes of Renaissance Germany takes a new look at the issues raised in Michel Foucault's Madness and Civilization and provides an alternative framework of interpretation.


Mad Princes of Renaissance Germany Related Books

Mad Princes of Renaissance Germany
Language: en
Pages: 204
Authors: H. C. Erik Midelfort
Categories: Germany
Type: BOOK - Published: 1994 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

With an acute ear for the nuances of sixteenth-century diagnosis, H.C. Erik Midelfort details the expansion of a learned medical vocabulary with which contempor
JURIES AND JUDGES VERSUS THE LAW
Language: en
Pages: 198
Authors: H. C. Erik Midelfort
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1994 - Publisher: University of Virginia Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

An appellate court system based on the idea of an unwritten constitution and common-law traditions prevailed, limiting and decentralizing power and protecting t
Mad Princes of Renaissance Germany
Language: en
Pages: 228
Authors: H. C. Erik Midelfort
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 1994 - Publisher: Rutgers University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

With an acute ear for the nuances of sixteenth-century diagnosis, H.C. Erik Midelfort details the expansion of a learned medical vocabulary with which contempor
A History of Madness in Sixteenth-Century Germany
Language: en
Pages: 460
Authors: H. C. Erik Midelfort
Categories: Psychology
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999 - Publisher: Stanford University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This magisterial work explores how Renaissance Germans understood and experienced madness. It focuses on the insanity of the world in general but also on specif
The Art of Frenzy
Language: en
Pages: 302
Authors: Jane Kromm
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-01-01 - Publisher: A&C Black

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The Art of Frenzy presents a masterful analysis of public madness from the Renaissance to the Industrial Age. Frenzy--the most flagrant and political form of ma