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The royal touch in early modern England : politics, medicine and sin /
The royal touch was the religious healing ceremony at which the monarch stroked the sores on the face and necks of people who had scrofula in order to heal them in imitation of Christ. The rite was practised by all the Tudor and Stuart sovereigns apart from William III, reaching its zenith during th...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Woodbridge, Suffolk :
The Boydell Press, an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd.,
2015.
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| Colección: | Royal Historical Society studies in history ;
v. 92. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |