medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
In Peters' book, madness is discussed.
I'll have to dig the book out again to check on depravity. He does
discuss maimed kings in literature (e.g., the Fisher King).
Tom Izbicki
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> But does it have anything to say about moral depravity (eg incest) or
> mental
> retardation ?
>
> BMC
>
>
>> I find nothing about birth defects in:
>>
>> Edward Peters, The Shadow King: Rex inutilis in medieval law and
>> literature (Yale UPr, 1970).
>>
>> Tom Izbicki
>>
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>>> Hi folks,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I was wondering if the fact that a heir in a county, duchy or even
>>> kingdom
>>> was deformed, f.i. hunchbacked, could prevent him from succeeding?
>>> Could
>>> that have been a biblical or canonical nono? Still a duke like Godfrey
>>> III
>>> of Lotharingia (+1076) was called the Hunchback. Or was that based on
>>> misinformation at the chronicler's-level?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Henk
>>>
>>>
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