A reappraisal of medieval mysticism & hysteria

This paper examines the historical association between medieval mysticism and asceticism and the psychopathological condition of hysteria. We first review the particular forms of medieval mysticism and asceticism that seem to have inspired modern psychiatrists and reductive historians to dismiss the...

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Authors: Kroll, Jerome (Author) ; Bachrach, Bernard (Author) ; Carey, Kathleen (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2002
In: Mental health, religion & culture
Year: 2002, Volume: 5, Issue: 1, Pages: 83-98
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