Representing Mental Illness in Late Medieval France:Machines, Madness, Metaphor

Representing Mental Illness in Late Medieval France:Machines, Madness, Metaphor

An exploration of the medieval mind as a machine, and how it might be affected and immobilised, in textual reactions to the madness of Charles VI of France. This book explores the innovative mix of organic and inorganic metaphors through which they explored the relationship between mind, body, and government at this period.