Women health providers: materials on cures, remedies and sexuality in inquisitorial processes (15th–18th century)

BackgroundThe first inquisitorial trials were against Muslims and Jews. Later, they focused on women, especially caregivers. Progressively, they were linked to witchcraft and sorcery because of their great care, generational and empirical knowledge. The historiography of health in the 15th–18th cent...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Blanca Espina-Jerez, José Siles-González, M. Carmen Solano-Ruiz, Sagrario Gómez-Cantarino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1178499/full