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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Brogan, Stephen (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Woodbridge, Suffolk : The Boydell Press, an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd., 2015.
Series:Royal Historical Society studies in history ; v. 92.
Subjects:
1500-1699
Kings and rulers > Rites and ceremonies.
Queens > Rites and ceremonies.
Healing > Religious aspects > 16th century.
Healing > Religious aspects > 17th century.
Scrofula > Treatment.
Rois et souverains > Rites et cérémonies.
Reines > Rites et cérémonies.
Guérison > Aspect religieux > 16e siècle.
Guérison > Aspect religieux > 17e siècle.
Ganglions > Tuberculose > Traitement.
HISTORY > Renaissance.
Healing > Religious aspects.
England.
Angleterre.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. origins and medieval history of the royal touch, 1000
  • 1485
  • 2. Tudors: revival and reform of royal therapeutics, 1485
  • 1603
  • 3. royal touch and the Stuart monarchy, 1603
  • 1688
  • 4. ritual process of the royal touch, 1660
  • 1688
  • 5. Restoration debate: the rise of ambivalence and scepticism, 1660
  • 1688
  • 6. royal touch and the early English Enlightenment, 1689
  • 1750.

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