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The Resource Madness, religion and the state in early modern Europe : a Bavarian beacon, David Lederer

Madness, religion and the state in early modern Europe : a Bavarian beacon, David Lederer

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Summary
  • "From the ideological crucible of the Reformation emerged an embittered contest for the human soul. In the care of souls, the clergy zealously dispensed spiritual physic - for countless early modern Europeans, the first echelon of mental health care."
  • "Through case histories from among the records of more than a thousand troubled and desperate individuals, this regional study of Bavaria investigates spiritual physic as a popular ritual during a tumultuous era of religious strife, material crises, moral repression and witch-hunting. By the mid-seventeenth century, secular forces ushered in a psychological revolution across Europe. However, spiritual physic ensconced itself by proxy upon emergent bourgeois psychiatry. Today, its remnants raise haunting questions about science and the pursuit of objective knowledge in the ephemeral realm of human consciousness."--Jacket
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xx, 361 pages
Contents
  • On the soul
  • Sackcloth and ashes
  • Bavaria sancta
  • Spiritual afflictions
  • The decline of religious madness
  • Confinement and its vicissitudes
  • The legacy of spiritual physic
Isbn
9780521853477
Instance
Label
Madness, religion and the state in early modern Europe : a Bavarian beacon
Title
Madness, religion and the state in early modern Europe
Title remainder
a Bavarian beacon
Statement of responsibility
David Lederer
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • "From the ideological crucible of the Reformation emerged an embittered contest for the human soul. In the care of souls, the clergy zealously dispensed spiritual physic - for countless early modern Europeans, the first echelon of mental health care."
  • "Through case histories from among the records of more than a thousand troubled and desperate individuals, this regional study of Bavaria investigates spiritual physic as a popular ritual during a tumultuous era of religious strife, material crises, moral repression and witch-hunting. By the mid-seventeenth century, secular forces ushered in a psychological revolution across Europe. However, spiritual physic ensconced itself by proxy upon emergent bourgeois psychiatry. Today, its remnants raise haunting questions about science and the pursuit of objective knowledge in the ephemeral realm of human consciousness."--Jacket
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UKM
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Lederer, David
Dewey number
362.20940902
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • portraits
Index
index present
LC call number
RC450.A1
LC item number
L38 2006
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
NLM call number
  • 2006 I-916
  • WM 11 GG4
NLM item number
L473m 2006
Series statement
New studies in European history
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Mental illness
  • Mental health services
  • Psychiatry and religion
  • Mental illness
  • Mental Disorders
  • Mental Disorders
  • Christianity
  • Christianity
  • History, 17th Century
  • History, 18th Century
  • History, Early Modern 1451-1600
  • Mental Health Services
  • Mental Health Services
  • Mentally Ill Persons
  • Religion and Psychology
  • Germany
Label
Madness, religion and the state in early modern Europe : a Bavarian beacon, David Lederer
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-352) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
On the soul -- Sackcloth and ashes -- Bavaria sancta -- Spiritual afflictions -- The decline of religious madness -- Confinement and its vicissitudes -- The legacy of spiritual physic
Control code
62132918
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xx, 361 pages
Isbn
9780521853477
Lccn
2006281286
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, portraits
System control number
(OCoLC)62132918
Label
Madness, religion and the state in early modern Europe : a Bavarian beacon, David Lederer
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-352) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
On the soul -- Sackcloth and ashes -- Bavaria sancta -- Spiritual afflictions -- The decline of religious madness -- Confinement and its vicissitudes -- The legacy of spiritual physic
Control code
62132918
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xx, 361 pages
Isbn
9780521853477
Lccn
2006281286
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, portraits
System control number
(OCoLC)62132918

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