| Description |
xi, 441 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, facsimile ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. The origins. The beginnings of the touch for scrofula -- The origins of the royal healing power : the sacred aspects of royalty in the early centuries of the Middle Ages -- Pt. 2. The grandeur and vicissitudes of the royal healers. Touching for scrofula and its popularity up to the end of the fifteenth century -- The second miracle of the English royalty : cramp rings -- The sacred and miraculous aspects of royalty from the beginning of the touch for scrofula up to the Renaissance -- Some confused beliefs : St-Marcoul, the kings of France and the seventh sons -- The royal miracle during the Wars of Religion and the absolute monarchy -- The decline and death of the royal touch -- Pt. 3. A critical interpretation of the royal miracle. A critical interpretation of the royal miracle |
| Analysis |
Medicine Scrofula Therapy Role of kings England and France, c.1100-1825 |
| Notes |
Translation of Les rois thaumaturges |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 427-436 |
| Subject |
Royal touch.
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Scrofula.
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Mental Healing -- history.
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Tuberculosis, Lymph Node.
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England.
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France.
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England. |
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France. |
| Author |
Anderson, John Edward.
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| LC no. |
72091245 |
| ISBN |
0710073550 |
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0773500715 (McGill-Queen's University Press) |
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