Name: The Royal Touch (Routledge Revivals): Sacred Monarchy and Scrofula in England and France
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Author: Marc Bloch
ISBN: 9781138855212

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The Royal Touch (Routledge Revivals): Sacred Monarchy and Scrofula in England and France

Type

Physical Book

Author

Marc Bloch

Translated by

J. Anderson

Publisher

Routledge

Language

English

Pages

460

Format

Hardcover

ISBN13

9781138855212

Edition No.

Synopsis "The Royal Touch (Routledge Revivals): Sacred Monarchy and Scrofula in England and France"

First published in English in 1973, The Royal Touch explores the supernatural character that was long attributed to royal power. Throughout history, both France and England claimed to hold kings with healing powers who, by their touch, could cure people from all strands of society from illness and disease. Indeed, the idea of royalty as something miraculous and sacred was common to the whole of Western Europe. Using the work of both professional scholars and of doctors, this work stands as a contribution to the political history of Europe.

Marc Bloch

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Lyon 1886 - Lyon 1944. He taught medieval history at the University of Strasbourg and later economic history at the Sorbonne. Along with Lucien Febvre, he edited 'Annales d´Historie Èconomique et Sociale', a journal about the history of the French economy that had quite an impact at the time. His eagerness to merge economics and history is evident in some of his works such as: 'The Feudal Society' or 'Introduction to History'.

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