The Suffering of Women Who Didn't Fit: Madness' in Britain, 1450-1950 - David J. Vaughan - Books - Pen & Sword Books Ltd - 9781526732293 - February 7, 2019
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The Suffering of Women Who Didn't Fit: Madness' in Britain, 1450-1950


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A rare synchronised study of the colourful, often horrific, accounts of women and madness over half a millennia - revealing confused medieval ideas of demonic possession, to seventeenth century witches, even fabricated Victorian claims of female insanity by adulterous husbands.


192 pages, 32 black and white illustrations

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released February 7, 2019
Original release date 2018
ISBN13 9781526732293
Publishers Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Pages 166
Dimensions 242 × 167 × 21 mm   ·   521 g
Language English  

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