TY - JOUR TI - Madmen and a Melancholic: Allusions to Health and the Anointing of the Sick in Polemics of the Hussite Period AU - Nowakowski, Paweł F. TI - Madmen and a Melancholic: Allusions to Health and the Anointing of the Sick in Polemics of the Hussite Period AB - Madmen and a Melancholic: Allusions to Health and the Anointing of the Sick in Polemics of the Hussite Period Hussitism regarded as heresy was perceived in terms of a disease in the healthy body of the Church. In particular, raids by Hussite troops were interpreted in the category of madness, as furor Hussitarum. However, the Hussite side also saw controversies regarding health issues. John of Borotín, a physician and Utraquist, made a long-distance diagnosis of the psychiatric condition of his Hussite adversary, John of Capistrano. Reformist radicals considered the principles of the Anointing of the Sick and pondered whether the rite was a sacrament or not. Although medical and health allusions were not the main rhetorical tool used in the religious disputes, such examples can be found there VL - 2021 IS - Tom 12 (2021)/2 PY - 2021 SN - 2081-3309 C1 - 2391-6001 SP - 83 EP - 92 DO - 10.4467/23916001HG.21.006.14988 UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/studia-historica-gedanensia/artykul/madmen-and-a-melancholic-allusions-to-health-and-the-anointing-of-the-sick-in-polemics-of-the-hussite-period KW - namaszczenie chorych KW - husyci KW - polemiki religijne KW - Jan Kapistran KW - Jan z Borotína