Prof Owen Davies (Professor of Social Professor of Social History

Gebundenes Buch

Troubled by Faith

Insanity and the Supernatural in the Age of the Asylum

Beschreibung

The 19th century was a time of extraordinary scientific innovation, but with the rise of psychiatry, faiths and popular beliefs were often seen as signs of a diseased mind. By exploring the beliefs of asylum patients, we see the 19th century in a new light, with science, faith, and the supernatural deeply entangled in a fast-changing world.

Autor

Owen Davies is Professor of Social History at the University of Hertfordshire. He has written extensively on the history of magic, witchcraft, ghosts, religion, and popular medicine.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 163mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 732g
• ISBN-13: 9780198873006
• ISBN-10: 019887300X
• Artikelnr.: 67363373