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• W2028045489 abstract "Reviewed by: Care and Custody of the Mentally Ill, Incompetent, and Disabled in Medieval England by Wendy J. Turner Nicholas Brodie Turner, Wendy J., Care and Custody of the Mentally Ill, Incompetent, and Disabled in Medieval England (Cursor Mundi, 16), Turnhout, Brepols, 2013; hardback; pp. xii, 336; 2 b/w illustrations, 3 b/w line art; R.R.P. €85.00; ISBN 9782503540399. This is a fascinating study. It provides a systemic overview of a particular theme in medieval English society. Some of the topics addressed include the various means of characterising and classifying the mentally ill, legal and administrative structures for the preservation of their properties and person, and the treatment of the mentally ill in criminal law. As Wendy Turner points out, existing scholarship seems to be informed by a combination of literary studies and speculation, a trend not exclusive to this field, and one determined as much by the difficulties of accessing sources in previous years as by scholarly priorities as such. Remedying this is Turner’s wide-ranging evidentiary net, bringing in a range of source materials and types. This can be nicely illustrated by highlighting that Turner examined 655 manuscripts in the National Archives covering the period 1200–1500 so as to assess the frequencies of terms for mentally ill persons. While detailed quantitative work sits behind the analysis, the prose is not interrupted by a focus on numbers. Rather, the unique personal circumstances and cases of some of the mentally ill of medieval England serve to make this a very readable study. Vignettes abound, of various officials determining the state of a person’s mental health by quizzing them about details of their life, people who struggled with episodic mental handicaps, some of the unique crimes of the mentally ill, and many more, which populate this book with a variety of interesting, and very human stories. There are also cases, however, that reveal less caring approaches, such as that of Walter Wyght, a royally appointed guardian, whose behaviour Turner suggests was ‘distant at best’, and ‘manipulative at worst’ (p. 208). It is not quite Breaking Bad, medieval style, but it is interesting. Turner’s overall structure works through various continuities and changes. The broad cultural ideas generally derive from the general Classical and Christian milieus, and these are picked up and modified by a range of English legal texts. The tension between legal and medical classifications is also addressed, and is particularly interesting in light of the way that some study areas can become overly isolationist, a danger that Turner skilfully avoids. Questions of competence for the management of property and the commission of crimes explore a spectrum of related legal and administrative [End Page 216] problems, before turning in greater depth to the rise and eventual decline of royal prerogative wardship. There is a discernible turn to royal administration apparent about the thirteenth century and an obvious decline from the fifteenth century. It is fascinating to see connections between the strength of government and the degree of royal competence and interest in managing the affairs and property of the mentally ill. Also, the rise of the use of wills seems linked to the desire to circumvent royal oversight, prepared by people sound in mind and body but wary of their futures and worried for their heirs. Impressive appendices add to the usefulness of this study. Scholars who have other interests, particularly associated with the royal officials like escheators, the legal nuances of English laws and customs applied in conquered or marcher territories, property, and inheritance law, or the criminal law, will benefit from parts of this study. So too will those interested primarily in constructions and understandings of mental health and illness, because this book has made a valuable contribution to that field. Nicholas Brodie The University of Tasmania Copyright © 2014 Nicholas Brodie" @default.
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