Les rois thaumaturges
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Les rois thaumaturges

1924
HistoryRoyal touchTherapeutic useCoinsHealingMedicineCramp-ringsPower (Social sciences)Mental HealingLymph Node TuberculosisWorld history: c 500 to C 1500Medieval World History (Circa 450 - Circa 1450)

" ... Theme is the Western European conception of kingship. But with characteristic virtuosity, Bloch chooses an unusual issue to focus on--the belief that the touch of the sovereign's hand could cure scrofula and related diseases."--dust jacket.

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