Doctors, Folk Medicine and the Inquisition : The Repression of Magical Healing in Portugal During the Enlightenment.

Doctors, Folk Medicine and the Inquisition : The Repression of Magical Healing in Portugal During the Enlightenment.

This groundbreaking monograph explores the fascinating social context of ''witchcraft'' trials in Portugal during the long eighteenth century, when conventional medical practitioners, motivated by a desire to promote ''scientific'' medicine, worked within the...

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Author / Creator: Walker, Timothy.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Imprint: Leiden : BRILL, 2005.
Series:The Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World Ser.
Subjects:
Inquisition > Portugal > History > 18th century.
Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric > Portugal > History > 18th century.
Witchcraft > Portugal > History > 18th century.
Enlightenment > Portugal.
Electronic books.
Local Note:Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Abbreviations
  • List of Charts and Graphs
  • List of Tables
  • List of Illustrations
  • Part I Social, Political and Institutional Context
  • Chapter One: Introduction and Overview
  • Chapter Two: The Role of the Curandeiro and Saludador in Early Modern Portuguese Society
  • Chapter Three: Enlightenment Influences: The Movement Toward Medical Reform in Eighteenth-Century Portugal
  • Chapter Four: Monarch and Inquisitor General: Two Personalities who Shaped the Holy Office Campaign Against Popular Healers
  • Chapter Five: Interconnections: The Influence of Licensed Physicians and Surgeons in the Inquisition and at Court during the Reign of Dom João V
  • 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
  • Chapter Seven: Case Studies: Prosecutions of Curandeiros and Saludadores in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Portugal
  • Chapter Eight: Punishing Magical Criminals: Mild Customs (Brandos Costumes) and Social Control
  • Chapter Nine: Demographics and Geographic Mobility of Popular Healers Prosecuted by the Portuguese Inquisition, 1682-1802
  • Chapter Ten: Conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • Glossary of Portuguese Terms
  • Index
  • The Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World.

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