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 first pub 1924 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
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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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