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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK :
The Boydell Press,
2015.
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| Series: | Royal Historical Society studies in history. New series.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
