The royal touch in early modern England : politics, medicine and sin /

The royal touch in early modern England : politics, medicine and sin /

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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
Main Author: Brogan, Stephen (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK : The Boydell Press, 2015.
Series:Royal Historical Society studies in history. New series.
Subjects:
Kings and rulers > Rites and ceremonies.
Royal touch.
Scrofula > Treatment.
Healing > Religious aspects > 17th century.
Healing > Religious aspects > 16th century.
Queens > Rites and ceremonies.
England.
Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • The origins and medieval history of the royal touch, 1000-1485
  • The Tudors : revival and reform of royal therapeutics, 1485-1603
  • The royal touch and the Stuart monarchy, 1603-1688
  • The ritual process of the royal touch, 1660-1688
  • The Restoration debate : the rise of ambivalence and scepticism, 1660-1688
  • The royal touch and the early English Enlightenment, 1689-1750.

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