Melancholy  of  Albert  Frederick,  Duke  of  Prussia  (1553–1618)

The authors consciously abstain from using the term “schizophrenia” in the title and choose “melancholy,” a condition equated to depression by Albert Frederick’s contemporaries. The goal of the article is to answer the following questions: 1/ What was the illness of Duke Albert Frederick? 2/ What were the reasons for it? 3/ How was his illness diagnosed by his doctors and what treatments they prescribed? The working hypothesis converges with the findings of medical historians to date, stating that Albert Frederick was schizophrenic.

Submit your paper

Editorial guidelines

Archive

Send by email

The interiors of a Protestant church as a sign of social conservativeness of the nobility in the Duchy of Prussia

Reformation in Prussia and Polish reformation in Masuria

The doctrine of natural law in the teachings of Martin Luther and the genesis of Albrecht von Brandenburg-Ansbach’s Duchy of Prussia

The history of the landtag of the Duchy of Prussia in 1566

Indexes

Keywords index

Topics index

Authors index