Mental Disorder in Later Medieval Europe (Later Medieval Europe, 12)

Go to Online Edition Edited by Sari Katajala-Peltomaa, University of Tampere, and Susanna Niiranen, University of Jyväskylä The boundaries between mental, social and physical order and various states of disorder – unexpected mood swings, fury, melancholy, stress, insomnia, and demonic influence – form the core of this compilation. For medieval men and women, religious rituals, magic, herbs, dietary requirements as well as to scholastic medicine were a way to cope with the vagaries of mental wellbeing; the focus of the articles is on the interaction and osmosis between lay and elite cultures as well as medical, theological and political theories and practical experiences of daily life. Time span of the volume is the later Middle Ages, c. 1300-1500. Geographically it covers Western Europe and the comparison between Mediterranean world and Northern Europe is an important constituent. Contributors are Jussi Hanska, Gerhard Jaritz, Timo Joutsivuo, Kirsi Kanerva, Sari Katajala-Peltomaa, Marko Lamberg, Iona McCleery, Susanna Niiranen, Sophie Oosterwijk, and Catherine Rider. Abbreviations vii List of Figures viii Acknowledgements x Perspectives to Mental (Dis)Order in Later Medieval Europe 1 Sari Katajala-Peltomaa & Susanna Niiranen How to Get a Melancholy Marquess to Sleep? Melancholy in Scholastic Medicine 21 Timo Joutsivuo Demons and Mental Disorder in Late Medieval Medicine 47 Catherine Rider Anger as a Spiritual, Social and Mental Disorder in Late Medieval Swedish Exempla 70 Marko Lamberg Signs of Mental Disorder in Late Medieval Visual Evidence 91 Gerhard Jaritz Demonic Possession as Physical and Mental Disturbance in the Later Medieval Canonization Processes 108 Sari Katajala-Peltomaa “Volebam tamen ut nomen michi esset Dyonisius” – Fra Salimbene, Wine and Well-Being 128 Jussi Hanska Mental Disorders in Remedy Collections: A Comparison of Occitan and Swedish Material 151 Susanna Niiranen Wine, Women and Song? Diet and Regimen for Royal Well-Being (King Duarte of Portugal, 1433–1438) 177 Iona McCleery “This Worlde Is but a Pilgrimage”: Mental Attitudes in/to the Medieval Danse Macabre 197 Sophie Oosterwijk Disturbances of the Mind and Body: Effects of the Living Dead in Medieval Iceland 219 Kirsi Kanerva Bibliography 243 Index 281 Mental (Dis)Order in Later Medieval Europe 3 Copyright 4 Contents 5 Abbreviations 6 List of Figures 7 Acknowledgements 9 Perspectives to Mental (Dis)Order in Later Medieval Europe 11 How to Get a Melancholy Marquess to Sleep? Melancholy in Scholastic Medicine 31 Demons and Mental Disorder in Late Medieval Medicine 57 Anger as a Spiritual, Social and Mental Disorder in Late Medieval Swedish Exempla 80 Signs of Mental Disorder in Late Medieval Visual Evidence 101 Demonic Possession as Physical and Mental Disturbance in the Later Medieval Canonization Processes 118 “Volebam tamen ut nomen michi esset Dyonisius” – Fra Salimbene, Wine and Well-Being 138 Mental Disorders in Remedy Collections: A Comparison of Occitan and Swedish Material 161 Wine, Women and Song? Diet and Regimen for Royal Well-Being (King Duarte of Portugal, 1433–1438) 187 “This Worlde Is but a Pilgrimage”: Mental Attitudes in/to the Medieval Danse Macabre 207 Disturbances of the Mind and Body: Effects of the Living Dead in Medieval Iceland 229 Bibliography 253 Index 291 Mental (Dis)order in the Late Middle Ages sketches the boundaries between mental, social and physical order and various states of disorder - unexpected mood swings, fury, melancholy, stress, insomnia, and demonic influence - and focuses on the interaction between lay and elite cultures.; Readership: All those interested in medieval culture; the medical, religious, intellectual, social, and art history of late medieval Europe "Mental (Dis)order in the Late Middle Ages sketches the boundaries between mental, social and physical order and various states of disorder -- unexpected mood swings, fury, melancholy, stress, insomnia, and demonic influence -- and focuses on the interaction between lay and elite cultures"--Provided by publisher Edited By Sari Katajala-peltomaa, Susanna Niiranen. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.