Women, Madness and Sin in Early Modern England
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Early Modern Women’s Manuscript
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female psychological experience case study
God Hath
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Holy Gost
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Infinite Mercy
Lambeth Palace Library
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Modern Women's Manuscript Writing
Modern Women’s Manuscript Writing
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Mr Hall
Mystical Bedlam
Oxfordshire Parishes
Persecutory Imagination
religious delusions
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Saint Paul
seventeenth-century England
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Sion College
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Spiritual Affliction
women's mental health history
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- ISBN 9780754630180
- Weight: 680g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 28 Oct 2010
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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A fascinating case study of the complex psychic relationship between religion and madness in early seventeenth-century England, the narrative presented here is a rare, detailed autobiographical account of one woman's experience of mental disorder. The writer, Dionys Fitzherbert, recounts the course of her affliction and recovery and describes various delusions and confusions, concerned with (among other things) her family and her place within it; her relation to religion; and the status of the body, death and immortality. Women, Madness and Sin in Early Modern England presents in modern typography an annotated edition of the author's manuscript of this unusual and compelling text. Also included are prefaces to the narrative written by Fitzherbert and others, and letters written shortly after her mental crisis, which develop her account of the episode. The edition will also give a modernized version of the original text. Katharine Hodgkin supplies a substantial introduction that places this autobiography in the context of current scholarship on early modern women, addressing the overarching issues in the field that this text touches upon. In an appendix to the volume, Hodgkin compares the two versions of the text, considering the grounds for the occasional exclusion or substitution of specific words or passages. Women, Madness and Sin in Early Modern England adds an important new dimension to the field of early modern women studies.
Katharine Hodgkin, Reader in Cultural History, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of East London, UK
