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The miraculous conformist : Valentine Greatrakes, the body politic, and the politics of healing in Restoration Britain / Peter Elmer.
LIBRA DA447.G74 E46 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Elmer, Peter.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Greatrakes, Valentine, 1629-1683.
- Greatrakes, Valentine.
- Healers--Ireland--Biography.
- Healers.
- Healers--Great Britain--Biography.
- Spiritual healing--Ireland--History--17th century.
- Spiritual healing.
- Spiritual healing--Great Britain--History--17th century.
- History.
- Ireland--Politics and government--17th century.
- Ireland.
- Politics and government.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1603-1714.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 279 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Summary:
- This title tells the compelling story of Irish healer Valentine Greatrakes and outlines his place in the history of 17th-century Britain, revealing a fascinating account of his engagement with important events of the period, including the Irish Rebellion of 1641, the English civil wars, the Cromwellian Conquest of Ireland, and the Restoration of 1660.
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction 1
- 2 The Making of an Early Modern Miracle Healer: Valentine Greatrakes, 1629-1660 11
- 3 Greatrakes, Ireland, and the Restoration, 1660-1665 50
- 4 'An Exemplar of Candid and Sincere Christianity': Greatrakes' Mission to England, 1666 75
- 5 Healing, Witchcraft, and the Body Politic in Restoration Britain 111
- 6 Epilogue and Conclusions 154.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-264) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199663965
- 0199663963
- OCLC:
- 808492340
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