Mystical bedlam: madness, anxiety and healing in seventeenth-century england
Auteur :
MacDonald, Michael
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521273824
Date de publication :
30 juin 1983
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,0 cm
Poids :
510 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Mystical Bedlam explores the social history of insanity of early seventeenth-century England by means of a detailed analysis of the records of Richard Napier, a clergyman and astrological physician, who treated over 2000 mentally disturbed patients between 1597 and 1634.