Heaven and Health: Middle English devotion to Christ in its therapeutic contexts
Around 1580 in Valencia an illiterate female healer, or metgessa, attracted the attention of the Inquisition as part of their ongoing case against the demonically assisted doctor Jerónimo Pachet. While not in communion with the Devil, this metgessa was nevertheless scrutinized for a certain form of...
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Brepols Publishers
2015
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