Medieval Mental Health

What were medieval sleeping habits like?

I have had bouts of insomnia most of my life. While I used to get anxious about it, I adopted a more “go flow” kind of attitude in recent years. But my earlier struggles made me wonder what the sleeping habits of medieval times were like. I have had bouts of insomnia most of my […]

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Medieval Rulers with Mental Health Issues

Have you ever wondered if some medieval rulers had a mental illness? Here I share a list of medieval rulers with mental illness and the conditions that scholars believed they had. Charles VI of France Lived: 1368–1422Ruled 1380–1422Known as Charles le Fou (“Charles the Mad”), he suffered from bouts of psychosis, including glass delusion. Glass

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