Suffering of Women Who Didn't Fit

For over 500 years, women have suffered claims of mental decay solely on account of their gender. Frigid, insane, not quite there, a witch in sheep''s clothing, labels that have cast her as the fragile species and destroyer of Man.This book reveals attitudes, ideas and responses on what was to be done with ''mad women'' in Britain.Journey back into the unenlightened Middle Ages to find demonic pos...