The miraculous conformist : Valentine Greatrakes, the body politic, and the politics of healing in Restoration Britain / Peter Elmer.
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نصالناشر:Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013الطبعات:1st edوصف:xiii, 279 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780199663965 (hbk.)
- 0199663963 (hbk.)
- Greatrakes, Valentine, 1629-1683
- Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1603-1714
- Ireland -- Politics and government -- 17th century
- Healers -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Healers -- Ireland -- Biography
- Spiritual healing -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century
- Spiritual healing -- Ireland -- History -- 17th century
- DA447.G74 E56 2013
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UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | DA447.G74 E56 2013 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30010011109678 | ||
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UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | DA447.G74 E56 2013 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.2 | المتاح | 30010011109679 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-264) and index.
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.
Introduction -- The Making of an Early Modern Miracle Healer: Valentine Greatrakes, 1629-1660 -- Greatrakes, Ireland, and the Restoration, 1660-1665 -- 'An Exemplar of Candid and Sincere Christianity': Greatrakes' Mission to England in 1666 -- Healing, Witchcraft, and the Body Politic in Restoration Britain -- Epilogue and conclusion.
