这项研究调查了丹麦-挪威绝对君主制下与亵渎神灵有关的刑事案件，并介绍了1713年至1733年之间法医背景下的精神状态评估。首先,这篇文章解释了牧养的法律框架和规范性准则如何设想法官之间的相互作用，牧师和医生评估精神状态。然后，提供了对选定病例的检查，在实践中展示了精神状态评估中的动态性和角色分配。涵盖了以神学逐渐分化为特征的时期，法律和医学,这个案例研究增强了对19世纪精神病学作为医学专业发展之前的理解。
This study examines criminal cases related to blasphemy under the absolute monarchy of Denmark-Norway, and presents the evaluation of mental states within a forensic context between 1713 and 1733. First, the article explains how the legal framework and normative guidelines for pastoral care envisaged the interplay between judges, priests and doctors in evaluating mental states. Then, an examination of selected cases is provided, showing the dynamics and the role assignment in the evaluation of mental states in practice. Covering a period characterized by a gradual differentiation of theology, law and medicine, this case study enhances understanding of what preceded the development of psychiatry as a medical speciality during the nineteenth century.
