ISBN10: 0813915015, ISBN13: 9780813915012, [publisher: University of Virginia Press 1996-01-31, Charlottesville] Softcover Language: ENG
[London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1996]

Paperback / softback. New. During the 16th century close to 30 German dukes, landgraves, margraves and counts, plus one Holy Roman emperor, were known as mad - so mentally disordered that steps had to be taken to remove them from office or to obtain medical care for them. This book studies them as a group and in context. ISBN 0813915015 9780813915012 [GB]

ISBN10: 0813915015, ISBN13: 9780813915012, [publisher: University Of Virginia Press] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - During the sixteenth century close to thirty German dukes, landgraves, and counts, plus one Holy Roman emperor, were known as mad- so mentally disordered that serious steps had to be taken to remove them from office or to obtain medical care for them. This book is the first study these princes, and a few princesses, as a group in context. The result is a flood of new light on the history of Renaissance medicine and of psychiatry, on German politics and in the century of Reformation, and on the shifting Renaissance definitions of madness.
[Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 1996]
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