Idiots, lunatics and the royal prerogative in early Tudor England

McGlynn, Margaret

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“…Royalty features in three other studies. Mcglynn examines the royal prerogative of wardship over the insane, finding that families often retained control over them (and their property). Houlbrooke explores royal mourning in the Tudor and early Stuart period.…”

Section: (Iii) 1500–1700  Henry French  University Of Exetermentioning

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Pratt¹,

Schofield

French

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The Economic History Review

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Section: (Iii) 1500–1700  Henry French  University Of Exetermentioning

confidence: 99%

Review of periodical literature published in 2005

Pratt¹,

Schofield

French

et al. 2007

The Economic History Review

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“…Children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) may encounter the criminal justice system in one or more of several ways. The joint Position Statement on the Criminal Justice System by the Arc of the United States and the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (The Arc, 2018) currently identifies the following five: people with ID as victims, (Prerogativa Regis) drew a legal distinction between ID and mental illness and made the king responsible for the care of "idiots and lunatics" in order to safeguard them from exploitation and to protect their property (McGlynn, 2005). Wickham (2002) found that, contrary to Scheerenberger's (1983) account, very little documentation exists regarding the role of idiots in colonial America.…”

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Intellectual and developmental disabilities and the criminal justice system.

Olley¹,

Cox²

2021

APA Handbook of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Clinical and Educational Implications: Prevention, Intervention, A

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witnesses, suspects, defendants, and incarcerated individuals. This chapter reviews the published clinical and research literature on people with IDD in each of these roles, beginning with a historical perspective. HISTORY OF ID AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMThe characteristics associated with ID have almost certainly been recognized since the beginning of civilization (Berkson, 2004) and formally recognized as a condition since at least the era of ancient imperial Rome (Berkson, 2006). Many terms have been used to identify the condition, most of them offensive to the modern ear. This chapter uses the terms that were common in the historical period under review (e.g., "idiot"). The manner in which societies have treated children and adults with ID has varied. As Berkson (2004) noted, they have been "adulated, cared for, ignored, or rejected " (p. 196).The contemporary literature focuses extensively on the problem of people with ID as victims of crime, but the available historical writing is concerned primarily with people with ID as criminals. Wickham (2013) pointed out that English common law originating in the mid-1100s granted individuals with mental disability less culpability in criminal matters.

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The History of Madness and Mental Illness in the Middle Ages: Directions and Questions

Craig

2014

History Compass

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This article explores the extent of recent publications on the history of madness and mental illness in the Middle Ages. It also argues that as this work continues, the categorical groupings of “madness” and “mental illness” deserve our close scrutiny. An exploration of both medieval and present‐day categorical assumptions reveals the ways in which they shape our reading of medieval texts, of historical causation, and of social agency.

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Idiots, lunatics and the royal prerogative in early Tudor England

Cited by 5 publications

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Review of periodical literature published in 2005

Review of periodical literature published in 2005

Intellectual and developmental disabilities and the criminal justice system.

The History of Madness and Mental Illness in the Middle Ages: Directions and Questions

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