Saints, cure-seekers and miraculous healing in twelfth-century England:

Traces the journey from ill health to miraculous cure through the lens of hagiographical texts from twelfth-century England

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Main Author: Salter, Ruth ca. 20./21. Jh (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK York Medieval Press 2021
Series:Health and healing in the Middle Ages.
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Online Access:DE-12
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Summary:Traces the journey from ill health to miraculous cure through the lens of hagiographical texts from twelfth-century England
Item Description:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Jan 2023)
1. Miraculous cures in context : twelfth-century medicine and the saints - 2. Holy healing : an analysis of the ailments - 3. The great and the good : identifying the cure-seekers within the miracles - 4. From near and far : the geography of the cults and the distance travelled -- 5. The road to recovery : the experience of seeking cure - 6. Upon arrival at the shrine : cure-seekers and the place of their cure -- Appendix 1 : A list of the named cure-seekers within the seven Miracula -- Appendix 2 : A list of the occupations recorded for laypersons within the seven Miracula -- Appendix 3 : A list of the place names recorded within Thomas of Monmouth's M. Willelmi
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 248 Seiten)
ISBN:9781800101692
DOI:10.1017/9781800101692

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