Bøger af H. C. Erik Midelfort

This work explores how Renaissance Germans understood and experienced madness. It focuses on topics including: the insanity of the world in general; specific disorders; the thinking on madness of theologians, jurists, and physicians; and vernacular ideas that made sufferers seek help.

Offers an analysis of witchcraft and witch hunting as they appeared in southwestern Germany in the 16th and 17th centuries. Starting from a short analysis of some basic problems in the interpretation of European witchcraft, this book proceeds to a study of the shifting denominational views regarding witches and the growth of Catholic orthodoxy.

During the 16th century close to 30 German dukes, landgraves, margraves and counts, plus one Holy Roman emperor, were known as mad - so mentally disordered that steps had to be taken to remove them from office or to obtain medical care for them. This book studies them as a group and in context.