Doctors, Folk Medicine and the Inquisition : The Repression of Magical Healing in Portugal during the Enlightenment / / Timothy Walker |
Autore | Walker Timothy |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (462 p.) |
Disciplina | 615.8/8/09469 |
Collana | The Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World |
Soggetto topico |
Enlightenment - Portugal
Inquisition - Portugal Magic - history Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric - Portugal - History - 18th century Witchcraft - Portugal - History - 18th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-86799-X
9786610867998 1-4294-5296-X 90-474-0734-2 1-4337-0642-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Acknowledgements. vii -- List of Abbreviations. ix -- List of Charts and Graphs. xi -- List of Tables. xiii -- List of Illustrations. xv -- Part I -- Social, Political and Institutional Context -- Chapter One. Introduction and Overview. 3 -- Chapter Two. The Role of the Curandeiro and Saludador in Early Modern Portuguese Society. 36 -- Chapter Three. Enlightenment Influences: The Movement Toward Medical Reform in Eighteenth-Century Portugal 88 -- Chapter Four. Monarch and Inquisitor General: Two Personalities who Shaped the Holy Office Campaign Against Popular Healers. 153 -- Chapter Five. Interconnections: The Influence of Licensed Physicians and Surgeons in the Inquisition and at Court during the Reign of Dom João V. 180 -- Part II -- The Repression of Magical Healing -- Chapter Six. A Deliberate Policy of Oppression: Portuguese Inquisition Trials Against Popular Healers for Magical Crimes, circa 1690-1780. 211 -- Chapter Seven. Case Studies: Prosecutions of Curandeiros and Saludadores in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Portugal. 263 -- Chapter Eight. Punishing Magical Criminals: Mild Customs (Brandos Costumes) and Social Control. 294 -- Chapter Nine. Demographics and Geographic Mobility of Popular Healers Prosecuted by the Portuguese Inquisition, 1682-1802. 346 -- Chapter Ten. Conclusions. 395 -- Bibliography. 405 -- Glossary of Portuguese Terms. 421 -- Index. 423. |
Altri titoli varianti | The Repression of Magical Healing in Portugal during the Enlightenment |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451184003321 |
Walker Timothy | ||
Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Doctors, Folk Medicine and the Inquisition : The Repression of Magical Healing in Portugal during the Enlightenment / / Timothy Walker |
Autore | Walker Timothy |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (462 p.) |
Disciplina | 615.8/8/09469 |
Collana | The Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World |
Soggetto topico |
Enlightenment - Portugal
Inquisition - Portugal Magic - history Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric - Portugal - History - 18th century Witchcraft - Portugal - History - 18th century |
ISBN |
1-280-86799-X
9786610867998 1-4294-5296-X 90-474-0734-2 1-4337-0642-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Acknowledgements. vii -- List of Abbreviations. ix -- List of Charts and Graphs. xi -- List of Tables. xiii -- List of Illustrations. xv -- Part I -- Social, Political and Institutional Context -- Chapter One. Introduction and Overview. 3 -- Chapter Two. The Role of the Curandeiro and Saludador in Early Modern Portuguese Society. 36 -- Chapter Three. Enlightenment Influences: The Movement Toward Medical Reform in Eighteenth-Century Portugal 88 -- Chapter Four. Monarch and Inquisitor General: Two Personalities who Shaped the Holy Office Campaign Against Popular Healers. 153 -- Chapter Five. Interconnections: The Influence of Licensed Physicians and Surgeons in the Inquisition and at Court during the Reign of Dom João V. 180 -- Part II -- The Repression of Magical Healing -- Chapter Six. A Deliberate Policy of Oppression: Portuguese Inquisition Trials Against Popular Healers for Magical Crimes, circa 1690-1780. 211 -- Chapter Seven. Case Studies: Prosecutions of Curandeiros and Saludadores in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Portugal. 263 -- Chapter Eight. Punishing Magical Criminals: Mild Customs (Brandos Costumes) and Social Control. 294 -- Chapter Nine. Demographics and Geographic Mobility of Popular Healers Prosecuted by the Portuguese Inquisition, 1682-1802. 346 -- Chapter Ten. Conclusions. 395 -- Bibliography. 405 -- Glossary of Portuguese Terms. 421 -- Index. 423. |
Altri titoli varianti | The Repression of Magical Healing in Portugal during the Enlightenment |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784186603321 |
Walker Timothy | ||
Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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