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Medical Magic and the Church in Thirteenth-Century England (2011)

Social History of Medicine
Volume: 24
Pages: 92--107

DOI: 10.1093/shm/hkq110

Publication Date: 2011
Edition Details: Part of a special issue on medieval medicine with a focus on the early medieval period
Language: English

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This paper examines the discussions of `magical' cures found in thirteenth- and early fourteenth-century English pastoral manuals (texts designed to teach the clergy how to preach and hear confessions). It discusses these writers' attitudes to spoken and written charms and non-verbal amulets, and compares them with a selection of charms and amulets found in contemporary medical texts. The paper discusses the reasons why authors of pastoral manuals condemned certain kinds of cure as `magical', and argues that they were more concerned about cures that involved words than about non-verbal amulets. It also argues that a significant number, although not all, of the charms described in thirteenth-century medical texts would have been acceptable to many authors of pastoral manuals.

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Article Pilsworth, Clare; Banham, Debby (2011) Medieval Medicine: Theory and Practice. Social History of Medicine (p. 2). unapi

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