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This collection of essays opens a new discussion about the mind, body, and spirit of the mad in medieval Europe. The authors examine a broad spectrum of mental and emotional issues, which medieval authors point out as ‘unusual’ behavior. With the emerging field of medieval disability studies in mind, the authors have carefully considered legal and cultural descriptions for insight into the perception and understanding of mental impairment. These essays on madness in the Middle Ages elucidate how medieval society conceptualized mental afflictions. Individually, the essays cover aspects of mental impairment from a variety of angles to unearth collectively medieval perspectives on mental affliction. Contributors are James R. King, Kate McGrath, Irina Metzler, Aleksandra Pfau, Cory James Rushton, Margaret Trenchard-Smith, and Wendy J. Turner.

Psychiatry --- Mental illness --- Insanity (Law) --- Medicine, Medieval --- History --- Medieval medicine --- Criminal insanity --- Insanity --- Insanity (Jurisprudence) --- Lunacy (Law) --- Mentally ill --- Madness --- Mental diseases --- Mental disorders --- Law and legislation --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Capacity and disability --- Insanity defense --- Disabilities --- Psychology, Pathological --- Mental health --- Medicine and psychology --- Mental Disorders --- Psychiatrie --- Maladies mentales --- Aliénation mentale --- Médecine médiévale --- Histoire --- History of the law --- History of human medicine --- History of Europe --- anno 1200-1499 --- Psychiatry - Europe - History - To 1500 --- Mental illness - Europe - History - To 1500 --- Insanity (Law) - Europe - History - To 1500 --- Medicine, Medieval - Europe - History - To 1500

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People with mental disabilities --- Capacity and disability --- Mentally ill --- Care --- Care --- History.

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Medicine and the Law in the Middle Ages offers fresh insight into the intersection between these two distinct disciplines. A dozen authors address this intersection within three themes: medical matters in law and administration of law, professionalization and regulation of medicine, and medicine and law in hagiography. The articles include subjects such as medical expertise at law on assault, pregnancy, rape, homicide, and mental health; legal regulation of medicine; roles physicians and surgeons played in the process of professionalization; canon law regulations governing physical health and ecclesiastical leaders; and connections between saints’ judgments and the bodies of the penitent. Drawing on primary sources from England, France, Frisia, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, and Spain, the volume offers a truly international perspective. Contributors are Sara M. Butler, Joanna Carraway Vitiello, Jean Dangler, Carmel Ferragud, Fiona Harris-Stoertz, Maire Johnson, Hiram Kümper, Iona McCleery, Han Nijdam, Kira Robison, Donna Trembinski, Wendy J. Turner, and Katherine D. Watson.

Medical jurisprudence --- Medical laws and legislation. --- Medicine, Medieval --- Médecine légale --- Médecine --- Médecine médiévale --- History --- History. --- Histoire --- Droit --- Medical laws and legislation --- Médecine légale --- Médecine --- Médecine médiévale --- Medical jurisprudence - History --- Medicine, Medieval - History

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People with disabilities --- Sociology of disability --- History --- History --- Europe --- Europe --- Social conditions --- History