Majnċun the madman in medieval Islamic society / [electronic resource] :
Michael W. Dols ; edited by Diana E. Immisch.
- Oxford : Clarendon, 1992.
- 1 online resource (xv, 543 p., [4] p. of plates) : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A study of madness in the medieval Islamic world. Using a variety of sources - historical, literary and art - the late Michael Dols explores beliefs about madness and examines attitudes towards individuals afflicted by mental illness or disability.
9780191675218 (ebook) : No price
Mental illness--Public opinion.--Islamic Empire Mentally ill--Public opinion.--Islamic Empire Psychiatry and religion. Public opinion--Islamic Empire.