The Royal Touch: Monarchy and Miracles in France and England by J.E. Anderson, Marc Bloch

The Royal Touch: Monarchy and Miracles in France and England

J.E. Anderson, Marc Bloch

441 pages 1924

12 editions

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In Les Rois Thaumaturges (1924) Bloch looked at the long-standing folk belief that the king could cure scrofula by touch. The kings of France and England indeed regularly practised the ritual. Bloch was not concerned with the effectiveness of the ...

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