Screen LibraryMad tuscans and their families : a history of mental disorder in early modern italy /
Drawing on the rich judicial archives of early modern Florence and its Tuscans domains, Mad Tuscans offers an innovative look at how families and courts of law worked together to forge pragmatic solutions to the range of problems madness introduced to their households.
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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Philadelphia, Pa. : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2014] ©2014 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: |
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| Summary: |
Drawing on the rich judicial archives of early modern Florence and its Tuscans domains, Mad Tuscans offers an innovative look at how families and courts of law worked together to forge pragmatic solutions to the range of problems madness introduced to their households. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (304 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | 8 illus. |
| ISBN: | 9780812209815 |
| Index Number: | RC450 |
| CLC: | D956.121 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- A note on dates and money -- Introduction. The Tales Madness Tells -- Chapter 1. Incapacity, Guardianship, and the Tuscan Family -- Chapter 2. "Madness Is Punishment Enough" -- Chapter 3. Spending Without Measure -- Chapter 4. From Madness to Sickness -- Chapter 5. The Curious Case of Forensic Medicine -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments. |