The Berserker/Blind Rage Syndrome as a Potentially New Diagnostic Category for the DSM-III

1987 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Armando Simón
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Diagnostic Category ◽  
Dissociative Disorders ◽  
Great Strength ◽  
New Type ◽  
The Middle Ages

It is proposed that a new type of disorder be incorporated in the DSM-III under the category of Dissociative Disorders. The disorder, the Berkserker/Blind Rage Syndrome is characterized by (a) violent overreaction to physical, verbal, or visual insult, (b) amnesia during the actual period of violence, (c) abnormally great strength, (d) specifically target-oriented violence. Some case studies are presented for illustration and a parallel is made with the Viking Berserkers of the Middle Ages.

World Medievalism

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louise D'Arcens
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Television Programs ◽  
Indigenous Australia ◽  
Global Modernity ◽  
To Come ◽  
Material Conditions ◽  
Textual Culture ◽  
The Middle Ages

World Medievalism: The Middle Ages in Modern Textual Culture explores the ways in which a range of modern textual cultures have continued to engage creatively with the medieval past in order to come to terms with the global present. Building its argument through four case studies—from the Middle East, France, Southeast Asia, and Indigenous Australia–it shows that to understand medievalism as a cultural idiom with global reach, we need to develop a more nuanced grasp of the different ways ‘the Middle Ages’ have come to signify beyond Europe as well as within a Europe that has been transformed by multiculturalism and the global economy. The book’s case studies are explored within a conceptual framework in which medievalism itself is formulated as ‘world-disclosing’—a transhistorical encounter that enables the modern subject to apprehend the past ‘world’ opened up in medieval and medievalist texts and objects. The book analyses the cultural and material conditions under which its texts are produced, disseminated, and received and examines literature alongside films, television programs, newspapers and journals, political tracts, as well as such material and artefactual texts as photographs, paintings, statues, buildings, rock art, and fossils. While the case studies feature distinctive localized forms of medievalism, taken together they reveal how imperial and global legacies have ensured that the medieval period continues to be perceived as a commonly held past that can be retrieved, reclaimed, or revived in response to the accelerated changes and uncertainties of global modernity.

scholarly journals El mantenimiento del entramado viario romano en época medieval en La Rioja. Algunos casos de estudio = The Survival of the Roman Road Network in Medieval Times in La Rioja. Several Case Studies

2020 ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
Adrián Calonge Miranda
Keyword(s):  
Roman Empire ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Road Network ◽  
Geographical Area ◽  
Settlement Pattern ◽  
Ebro Valley ◽  
Documentary Sources ◽  
La Rioja ◽  
The Middle Ages

Con la caída política del Imperio Romano de Occidente en el año 476, su entramado viario siguió en servicio y constituyó una de las principales bases económicas y militares de los diferentes poderes que fueron surgiendo. Tomando como ejemplo el valle medio del Ebro (La Rioja y las provincias de Burgos y Álava), se van a estudiar tres calzadas de origen romano que siguieron en uso durante la Edad Media. Así mismo, con el estudio del patrón de asentamiento de las iglesias, las fortalezas con centros religiosos y el hábitat en cuevas, se va a reforzar la tesis de la pervivencia de las calzadas romanas en la región. Para ello se han utilizado fuentes documentales medievales e información procedente de la arqueología.AbstractSince the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476, its network of roadways remained in service and became one of the main economic and military pillars of the different powers that were born of it. Focussing on the geographical area of the Middle Ebro valley (La Rioja and part of the provinces of Burgos and Alava) we will study three roadways of Roman origin that continued in use throughout the Middle Ages. By studying the settlement pattern of churches, fortresses with religious centres, and cave dwellings, we may strengthen the theory of the survival of Roman roadways in the region. For this purpose, medieval documentary sources and data provided by archeology will be used.

Royal and Aristocratic Landscapes of Pleasure

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Mileson
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Regional Analysis ◽  
Individual Case ◽  
Place Names ◽  
Archaeological Evidence ◽  
Current State ◽  
State Of Research ◽  
Distribution Of Power ◽  
The Middle Ages

This chapter summarizes the current state of research on royal and aristocratic landscapes of pleasure, including forests, parks, warrens, gardens, and tournament grounds. It is shown that archaeological evidence has made a strong contribution to knowledge about the function, extent, and significance of these landscapes across Britain. Nevertheless, much fieldwork remains to be done, especially in Wales and Scotland. The most fruitful approach to individual case studies and regional analysis is to combine documents, maps, and place-names with material remains. Future advances in understanding will require close engagement with wider debates about changes in the distribution of power during the Middle Ages.

The Costs and Benefits for Europeans from their Empires Overseas

1998 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Karl O'Brien ◽  
Leandro Prados de la Escosura
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Economic History ◽  
World Trade ◽  
Economic Consequences ◽  
International Economy ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
Territorial Expansion ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Middle Ages

Large historical problems are stimulating to debate but difficult to specify and answer in ways that might carry forward our long-standing discourses in global economic history. The papers which form the basis of our essay deal with a meta question and are focused upon the economic consequences (the costs and benefits) for those European societies most actively involved in territorial expansion, colonization, world trade, capital exports and emigration to other continents over the past five centuries. Our symbolic dates mark (rather than demarcate) the beginning and ending of European imperialism. Colonisation occurred in Antiquity and in the Middle Ages but between 1415 and 1789 European powers, particularly Britain but also Spain, Portugal, Holland, France and Italy, founded hundreds of colonies. Individual articles have concentrated upon periods of significance for particular countries and are, moreover, analysed within the context of an international economy, evolving through four eras (or orders) of mercantilism (1415–1846), liberalism (1846–1914), neo-mercantilism (1914–48), and decolonisation (1948–74). Our Introduction draws heavily upon six national case studies as well as discussions that took place at a conference in Madrid in 1997. We do not intend to cite particular contributions to the inferences and conclusions in this essay. Our views represent an elaboration upon and an interpretation of the articles that follow.

scholarly journals Japanese Traditions of Oral Storytelling in the Middle Ages

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 282-303
Author(s):  
Anastasiya R. Sadokova
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Musical Instrument ◽  
Japanese Culture ◽  
Folk Culture ◽  
Oral Storytelling ◽  
Divine Knowledge ◽  
New Type ◽  
Ancient Times ◽  
The Middle Ages

Japanese folk culture has long rendered traditions of oral storytelling very important. The article looks at the two main types of storytellers: the kataribe and the biwa hōshi. It aims to not only trace the transformation of the forms of storytelling, but also to analyze the changes in the perception of storytellers in the Japanese tradition. The author deems it important to study the activities and mythological perception of the ancient kataribe storytellers, as well as to look at the new type of storytellers, known as the biwa hōshi, who appeared in the Japanese culture in the 12th–13th centuries. They recited tales of battles and heroes of the old time to the accompaniment of biwa lutes. The article points out that in ancient times, storytellers were not just seen as regular performers. In the minds of people, they possessed special divine knowledge. However, their reputation changed in the Middle Ages with the appearance of stories linking the storytellers to otherworldly the forces and demons. People started seeing oral storytellers as mediums, and any musical instrument was thought to possess special powers. The role of storytellers went beyond that of simple performers. They became an important element of the Japanese concept of coexistence of people, gods, and demonic characters in the same world.

scholarly journals Mari connessi

2019 ◽  
pp. 5-25
Author(s):  
Michael North
Keyword(s):  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Maritime History ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Cairo Genizah ◽  
Straits Of Malacca ◽  
The Middle Ages

Following Fernand Braudel’s Méditerranée, historians interpreted the Mediterranean, Baltic, Atlantic, Indian Ocean or Pacific as closed maritime systems, consisting of multiple micro-environments. This essay seeks to overcome these limited perspectives and to examine, how the various seas and oceans were connected by the Vikings, the Cairo Genizah merchants and the Italian trading companies of the Middle Ages. The second part of my article “Connected Seas” examines the perception and memory of the seas as an element of maritime connectivity. It introduces the concept of realm of memory (lieu de mémoire) into maritime history and tests it in four case studies on the Sound, the Straits of Gibraltar, the Dardanelles and the Straits of Malacca.

Agriculture and Pharmaceutical Innovations: Milestones in Research and Case Studies

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zohar Amar ◽  
Efraim Lev
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Islamic Period ◽  
Medicinal Substances ◽  
The Middle Ages

This chapter reconstructs a list as possible of all the ‘new’ medicinal substances that were more widely distributed than in the pre-Islamic period. It studies the contribution and influence of these substances on the theoretical and practical medieval medical legacy as well as how, and to what extent, these substances merge with the development and distribution of ‘new’ technologies and industries that evolved in the Middle Ages such as textiles and paper, and with the new trends, demands, and fashions regarding perfumes, ornaments, and foodstuffs. The chapter also seeks to trace the main routes of trade in these substances in the new ‘Arab space’ and to assess the actual relevance that should be ascribed to the Greek and Indian legacies in the formation of Arab medicine and pharmacology.

Cultural Memory and the Great War: Medievalism and Classicism in British and German War Memorials

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
STEFAN GOEBEL
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Cultural Memory ◽  
Great War ◽  
War Memorials ◽  
The Great War ◽  
The Middle Ages

This chapter investigates the overlaps between the ‘cultural memory’ of the distant past and the memory of the Great War in Britain and Germany between 1914 and 1939, looking in particular at the use of medieval(ist) images in war memorials. There was a certain tension between advocates of medievalism and supporters of classicist images, but often, they reached a compromise. The chapter combines a discussion of the concept of ‘cultural memory’ with case studies on the reception of antiquity and the Middle Ages in the era of the Great War.

Rule by Consensus

2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 449-471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernd Schneidmüller
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Roman Empire ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Max Weber ◽  
Holy Roman Empire ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Kings And Rulers ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Middle Ages

This article analyses specific characteristics of pre-modern rule in medieval central Europe. It becomes clear from the analysis that although the notion of monarchy implies a single ruler (mon-archia), it was actually the case, however, that in political practice, the kings and rulers of the Holy Roman Empire had to come to an arrangement with the elites and nobles. Therefore, the famous model developed by Max Weber regarding the three types of legitimate rule: legal, traditional and charismatic, fall short of encompassing the alterity and plurality of politics in the Middle Ages. Here, the concept of consensual rule is conceptualised through the use of additional case studies. These case studies more appropriately capture the fluid decision-making process in the Middle Ages through ongoing negotiation. Thus, the kings and emperors are clearly integrated into the framework of pre-modern oligarchies and therefore offer a counter-outline to the doctrine of divine right.

Soldiers and Censors

2020 ◽  
pp. 80-108
Author(s):  
Liana Püschel
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Giuseppe Verdi ◽  
Large Role ◽  
Stage Design ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
The Middle Ages ◽  
Un Ballo In Maschera

From his very first opera Oberto, conte di San Bonifacio (1839) to his last, Falstaff (1893), Giuseppe Verdi set many of his works in the Middle Ages. These operas were written over a period of more than fifty years and show the traces of Verdi’s changes in style, interests, and status within the profession; they also confirm the persistent interest on the Middle Ages in Italy through the nineteenth century. This essay aims to show some of the associations and expectations that the medieval locale stimulated in the composer, his librettists, and his Italian public through a broad look at the historical context and the discussion of some aspects of the music, the libretto, and the stage design for a selection of Verdi’s medieval operas. Censorship played a large role in the choice of the medieval locale; in this respect, the failed refashioning of Un ballo in maschera as a medieval opera and the successful transformation of Stiffelio into Aroldo are especially valuable case studies.

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