HF About Mental Illness in the Middle Ages

[Carla]

[quote=""JenniferLovesRoxi""]Thanks for all the replies. I do have Gortner book about mad Juana, but haven't read it yet. I will definitely check out the other books that have been recommended. Affinity by Sara Waters sounds particularly interesting to me, although it isn't exactly about insane people per se.
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One thing I would say about Affinity is, it's definitely not a book to give up on part way through! There's a twist at the end that puts everything that's happened so far in a different light, like when you shake a kaleidoscope and get a completely new pattern.