Statements (54)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
historian
physician |
gptkbp:advocatesFor |
demonology
the rights of the accused |
gptkbp:associatedWith |
the Reformation
Renaissance_humanism |
gptkbp:born |
1515
|
gptkbp:contributedTo |
the understanding of mental illness
|
gptkbp:contribution |
medical ethics
early psychiatry witchcraft theory |
gptkbp:criticism |
witch hunts
|
gptkbp:died |
1588
|
gptkbp:famousFor |
his advocacy for the mentally ill
his medical practices his writings on witchcraft |
gptkbp:field |
psychology
medicine witchcraft studies |
gptkbp:hasImpactOn |
the field of psychology
the perception of mental illness |
gptkbp:hasInfluenceOn |
later medical practices
the treatment of mental disorders |
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Johann Weyer
|
gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:European_witch_trials
modern psychiatry humanitarian approaches to mental health |
gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:Paracelsus
gptkb:Avicenna |
gptkbp:isConsidered |
a key figure in the history of psychiatry
|
gptkbp:isEngagedIn |
gptkb:Utrecht
|
gptkbp:isInfluencedBy |
humanist philosophy
|
gptkbp:isKnownFor |
his compassionate approach to patients
his critical stance on witchcraft accusations |
gptkbp:isRecognizedBy |
his contemporaries
|
gptkbp:isRegardedAs |
a reformer in medicine
|
gptkbp:knownFor |
advocating for the humane treatment of the mentally ill
|
gptkbp:locatedIn |
gptkb:Netherlands
natural explanations for mental illness |
gptkbp:nationality |
Dutch
|
gptkbp:notableWork |
De Praestigiis Daemonum
|
gptkbp:occupation |
gptkb:philosopher
writer physician |
gptkbp:promoted |
scientific approaches to medicine
|
gptkbp:publishedBy |
his_works_in_Latin
|
gptkbp:research |
gptkb:University_of_Padua
|
gptkbp:wasA |
critic of superstition
pioneer in psychiatry proponent of rational thought scholar_of_the_Renaissance |
gptkbp:wasFoundedIn |
16th century
|
gptkbp:wasPartOf |
the medical community of his time
|
gptkbp:wrote |
De Praestigiis Daemonum
|