Medievalists.net » Madness http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Defining the ‘Strano’: Madness in Renaissance Italy http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/30/defining-the-strano-madness-in-renaissance-italy/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/30/defining-the-strano-madness-in-renaissance-italy/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 22:41:07 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=32256 It is easy to recognise madness, but how does one define it?1 This thesis explores the different ways madness was defined and portrayed in Italian texts from the early fifteenth century through to the late sixteenth century.

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