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Doctors, Folk Medicine and the Inquisition

Doctors, Folk Medicine and the Inquisition
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 462
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ISBN-10 : 9789047407348
ISBN-13 : 9047407342
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Book Synopsis Doctors, Folk Medicine and the Inquisition by : Timothy Walker

Download or read book Doctors, Folk Medicine and the Inquisition written by Timothy Walker and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2005-06-01 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inquisition trials for sorcery and witchcraft in Portugal reached a late crescindo (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 crimes. Significantly, these trials coincide with the entrance of university-trained physicians and surgeons into the paid ranks of the Portuguese Inquisition in unprecedented numbers. State-licensed medical practitioners, motivated by professional competition combined with a desire to promote rationalized "scientific" medicine, used their positions within the Holy Office to initiate trials against purveyors of superstitious folk remedies. The repression of folk healing reveals a conflict between learned medical culture and popular healing culture in Enlightenment-era Portugal. In this rare instance, the Inquisition functioned as an instrument of progressive social change.


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