Doctors, folk medicine and the Inquisition : the repression of magical healing in Portugal during the Enlightenment /

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"Inquisition trials for sorcery and witchcraft in Portugal reached a late crescendo (1715 to 1755). This study of those events focuses on the Inquisition's role in prosecuting and discrediting popular healers (called saludadores or curandeiros), who were charged with practicing magical cri...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Walker, Timothy Dale, 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005.
Colección:Medieval and early modern Iberian world ; v. 23.
Temas:
1700-1799
Inquisition > Portugal > History > 18th century.
Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric > Portugal > History > 18th century.
Witchcraft > Portugal > History > 18th century.
Enlightenment > Portugal.
Medicine > History > 18th century.
Magic > history
Witchcraft > history
History, 18th Century
Medicine, Traditional > history
Physicians > history
Inquisition > Portugal > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Médecine magique, mystique et spagirique > Portugal > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Sorcellerie > Portugal > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Siècle des Lumières > Portugal.
Médecine > Histoire > 18e siècle.
PSYCHOLOGY > Psychotherapy > General.
Medicine.
Enlightenment.
Inquisition.
Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric.
Witchcraft.
Volksgeneeskunde.
Inquisitie.
Verlichting (cultuurgeschiedenis)
Portugal
Portugal.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Inquisition trials for sorcery and witchcraft in Portugal reached a late crescendo (1715 to 1755). This study of those events focuses on the Inquisition's role in prosecuting and discrediting popular healers (called saludadores or curandeiros), who were charged with practicing magical crimes. Significantly, these trials coincide with the entrance of university-trained physicians and surgeons into the paid ranks of the Portuguese Inquisition in unprecedented numbers. State-licensed medical practitioners, motivated by professional competition combined with a desire to promote rationalized 'scientific' medicine, used their positions within the Holy Office to initiate trials against purveyors of superstitious folk remedies. The repression of folk healing reveals a conflict between learned medical culture and popular healing culture in Enlightenment-era Portugal. In this rare instance, the Inquisition functioned as an instrument of progressive social change."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvi, 433 pages) : 1 map, illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-420) and index.
ISBN:9781429452960
142945296X
9004143459
9789004143456
9781433706424
1433706423
9786610867998
6610867992
9047407342
9789047407348
ISSN:1569-1934 ;

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