Stories
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When monarchs healed the sick
Our current Queen fortunately doesn’t have to spend hours laying hands on the sick to cure them. But it was a different story for monarchs of the early modern era, whose touch was a sought-after treatment for scrofula.
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The bishop’s profitable sex workers
How did the Church rake in revenue from 14th-century sex regulations? Kate Lister explores a bishop’s lucrative rulebook.
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When depression is worse than physical illness
Chronic physical illnesses can be accompanied by troubling depressive symptoms. Elly Aylwin-Foster urges doctors to treat every aspect of her condition with the same care.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
The King's Evil
Date: c. 1686Reference: MS.5251- Books
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Discourses on the gout, a rheumatism, and the King's Evil / [Sir Richard Blackmore].
Blackmore, Richard, Sir, 1654-1729.Date: 1726- Digital Images
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King's evil; Edward the confessor touching for the evil. from Cambridge University Library
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The ceremonies for the healing of them that be diseased with the King's Evil, used in the time of King Henry VII.
Church of EnglandDate: 1686- Books
The ceremonies for the healing of them that be diseased with the King's Evil, used in the time of King Henry VII.
Date: 1789