Medieval Psychology
Simon Kemp
Greenwood Press
This book describes the psychological ideas current in medieval Europe 
and their development during the period. The book aims partly to correct
 misperceptions about the nature of psychology in the Middle Ages. An 
important theme presented in this work is the surprising unity and 
coherence of medieval psychology. Chapter 1 gives a brief historical 
background to the Middle Ages, and outlines two major influences on 
medieval psychology: Christian beliefs and the earlier views of 
classical philosophers and physicians. <br> Chapters 2 through 5 
consider psychological phenomena mainly discussed by medieval 
scholastics; the phenomena in Chapters 6 to 9, however, were often 
discussed by people with a less philosophical approach. Chapter 6 
considers medieval accounts of individual differences, in particular the
 doctrine of the humors and the influence of astrology. Chapters 7 and 8
 are concerned with widely different aspects of, and approaches to, 
mental disorder in the Middle Ages. Chapter 9 briefly describes a few 
further aspects of medieval psychology, and in the final chapter some 
conclusions are drawn. This book is written for people with a general 
interest in medieval studies, and will also appeal to historians of 
medieval psychology or medicine. <br>