Premodern Health, Disease, and Disabilit Medieval Communities and the Mad: Narratives of Crime and Mental Illness in Late Medieval France, Book 6, (Hardcover)

The concept of madness as a challenge to communities lies at the core of legal sources. Medieval Communities and the Mad: Narratives of Crime and Mental Illness in Late Medieval France considers how communal networks, ranging from the locale to the realm, responded to people who were considered mad.