登入選單
返回Google圖書搜尋
Doctors, Folk Medicine and the Inquisition
Timothy Walker
其他書名
The Repression of Magical Healing in Portugal during the Enlightenment
出版BRILL, 2005-06-01
主題Philosophy / History & Surveys / GeneralPhilosophy / History & Surveys / MedievalHistory / Europe / General
ISBN90474073429789047407348
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=XhJYEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
EBookSAMPLE
註釋Inquisition trials for sorcery and witchcraft in Portugal reached a late crescindo (1715 to 1755). This study of those events focuses on the Inquisition's role in prosecuting and discrediting popular healers (called saludadores or curandeiros), who were charged with practicing magical crimes. Significantly, these trials coincide with the entrance of university-trained physicians and surgeons into the paid ranks of the Portuguese Inquisition in unprecedented numbers. State-licensed medical practitioners, motivated by professional competition combined with a desire to promote rationalized "scientific" medicine, used their positions within the Holy Office to initiate trials against purveyors of superstitious folk remedies. The repression of folk healing reveals a conflict between learned medical culture and popular healing culture in Enlightenment-era Portugal. In this rare instance, the Inquisition functioned as an instrument of progressive social change.