Treating Pox, Pests and Worms: Saints, Sympathy and Materiality in Late‐Medieval English Charms.
Charms were a commonplace form of medical intervention in late‐medieval England, as they allowed afflicted and ailing devotees to seek the aid of saints and biblical figures. Those holy dead who had suffered something on earth were considered particularly adept at posthumously treating the same in t...
| Published in: | Journal of Religious History Vol. 49; no. 1; pp. 3 - 21 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Mar2025
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