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Bedlam - London and it's mad

Paperback • 2008 • English

Bedlam - London and it's mad

By Catharine Arnold

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About the book

The mad have always been with us. Bethlehem Hospital, or "Bedlam" as it became in cockney slang, is the world's oldest psychiatric hospital. Founded in 1247 it developed from a ramshackle hovel to the magnificent "palace beautiful" where visitors could pay to gawp at the chained inmates, through to the great victorian hospital in Lambeth, now the imperial war museum. Catharine Arnold takes us on a tour of Bedlam and examines London's attitude to madness along the way. We travel through the ag...Show more

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ISBN

9781849835527

Published year

2008

Language

English

Original title

Bedlam - London and it's mad

Format

Paperback

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