Doctors, folk medicine and the Inquisition : the repression of magical healing in Portugal during the Enlightenment /

"Inquisition trials for sorcery and witchcraft in Portugal reached a late crescendo (1715 to 1755). This study of those events focuses on the Inquisition's role in prosecuting and discrediting popular healers (called saludadores or curandeiros), who were charged with practicing magical cri...

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Main Author: Walker, Timothy Dale, 1963-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005
Series:Medieval and early modern Iberian world ; v. 23.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central